"shaken up" by McCoy approaching the third last fence, won by a length from Pure Faith, with Master Minded seven lengths back in third. The gelding did not reappear until March, when he attempted to win the Ryanair Chase for the third time. Starting at odds of 10/1, he disputed the lead from the start and went to the front three fences out but was overtaken fifty yards from the finish and beaten half a length by Riverside Theatre. In the Melling Chase at Aintree he made several jumping errors and after briefly taking the lead, was outpaced in the closing stages and finished third behind Finian's Rainbow and Wishfull Thinking. Eleven months after his last appearance, Albertas Run returned to Cheltenham and ran in the Ryanair Chase for the fourth time. He was close behind the leaders in the early stages but dropped out of contention and was pulled up in a race won by Cue Card. Albertas Run retirement was announced on 29 March 2013. It was announced that he would spend his retirement at Trevor Hemmings' Ballaseyr Stud on the Isle Of Man. O'Neill said "Horses as good as him do not come along on a regular basis and he will be a desperately hard act to replace in the yard as he was a flagbearer for many years and ran his heart out for you every time". Pedigree References 2001 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Ireland Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Cheltenham Festival winners Thoroughbred family 14-c