Kitty almost tripped the light fantastic
The Sunday Mirror|April 14, 2024
FOR a good four miles, South Wales, sporting romantics and scriptwriters dared to dream.
ANDY DUNN
Kitty almost tripped the light fantastic

That those dreams were dashed by the might of the most powerful trainer and owner in National Hunt racing - and others from Ireland - did not matter.

For a good four miles, Kitty's Light threatened to produce the most heartwarming Grand National win since cancer survivor Bob Champion triumphed on Aldaniti 43 years ago.

For a good four miles, Kitty's Light a horse that cost a meagre five grand - looked as though he might give trainer Christian Williams a victory that would have been worth a princely sum, but would actually have been priceless.

Kitty's Light was the public's horse in this instalment of the world's greatest race, having been an inspiration and a tonic for the Williams family, whose six-year-old daughter Betsy is battling leukaemia.

And when I Am Maximus and Paul Townend (below), in those green and gold colours of multi-millionaire JP McManus, was greeted by all-conquering trainer Willie Mullins in a raucous Aintree winners' enclosure, a poignant scene was being played out no more than 100 yards away.

In a quiet cooling-down area, jockey Jack Tudor dismounted from Kitty's Light and Betsy gave the horse a loving pat.

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