I Am Maximus booked for hero’s return on Tuesday evening
Like many champions before him, National winner will parade through village of Leighlinbridge.
Leighlinbridge will welcome the return of yet another Willie Mullins champion on Tuesday evening, with Randox Grand National hero I Am Maximus set to enjoy his homecoming parade. It is little over a month since Galopin Des Champs received the acclaim of the locals after successfully defending his crown in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, a fourth blue riband in six years for Mullins following the back-to-back victories of Al Boum Photo in 2019 and 2020. Similar scenes can be expected on Tuesday, with the JP McManus-owned I Am Maximus, along with Mullins and jockey Paul Townend, due to parade through Leighlinbridge in County Carlow at 5.30pm before posing for photographs outside of the renowned Lord Bagenal Inn. Patrick Mullins reported I Am Maximus to have returned to Ireland none the worse after providing his father with a second National win, the first being Hedgehunter 19 years ago, and reserved special praise for Townend, who completed the extremely rare feat of winning the Champion Hurdle, Gold Cup and Grand National in the same year. “It was an incredible day and it was some ride from Paul, he was at his best,” said Mullins. “There’s not a bother on him (I Am Maximus). It’s not the race it was, so it’s a bit easier to come out of it well.”Follow us on Twitter racing365dotcom and like our Facebook page.
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