Willie Mullins has announced the retirement of multiple Grade One-winning chaser Kemboy.
The 11-year-old burst onto the staying chase scene with a stunning victory in the 2018 Savills Chase at Leopardstown and while he came to grief shortly after the first fence in that season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, he subsequently blew his rivals away in the Bowl at Aintree.
Kemboy is perhaps best remembered for his victory in the following month’s Punchestown Gold Cup as he gave Ruby Walsh the perfect send-off by getting better of Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning stablemate Al Boum Photo, a performance which ensured he ended the season as the highest-rated horse in training.
