article_snippet.sent: I knew it was going to be a hard race and at the second last, I thought the retiring champion might have me beat but 50 yards from the last hurdle, I was sticking in there.
article_snippet.sent: My horse is bred to stay and the retiring champion won over two-and-a-half miles at Fairyhouse. 
article_snippet.sent: ‘I would love to win the Grand National
article_snippet.sent: want it to be my final ride.
article_snippet.sent: I really don’t want to retire
article_snippet.sent: but if I win the race, I will do retirement after that.
article_snippet.sent: The soon-to-retire 40-year-old from County Antrim has promised to call County Antrim quits if he wins the Grand National .