Shark Hanlon will not be joking when he tells the tale of when a horse walked into a bar.
The trainer gave customers a moment to remember by taking Hewick down his local for a pint.
Ireland's wonder horse, bought for just £800, was the toast of punters when he won around £111,000 in the American Grand National earlier this month. Only small in stature, the huge equine success story has amassed earnings of nearly £400,000 with his racecourse heroics.