Another National bid likely for Seabass Another crack at the Crabbie's Grand National is the dream for connections of Seabass after the 12-year-old rolled back the years with victory at Thurles on Sunday. The Ted Walsh-trained gelding has had more than his fair share of problems but had been giving the right signs following a comeback run at Punchestown two weeks earlier, his first race for 21 months. Seabass showed the benefit of that outing and that he was far from being a back number when running away from his younger rivals to take a novice hurdle over two and a half miles in the hands of Katie Walsh. The same combination were third in the Aintree spectacular in 2012 and he was 13th a year later when sent off the 11-2 favourite. Seabass is now set to follow the same route as in the 2011-12 campaign by running next at Limerick over Christmas and then heading to Leopardstown on January 24th when he won both engagements. "Ted said he'd been working well at home and had been showing great spark. We were expecting a good run from him, but not quite that," said Pat Glynn, of owners the Gunners Syndicate. "He finished full of running and he was so fresh in the winner's enclosure afterwards. "He had ligament trouble as a five-year-old and was pin-fired and he had tendon trouble the last time. He's a tough horse and Ted's got him back now in top shape. "He may go for a winners' hurdle race at Limerick over Christmas or if not the Tim Duggan Memorial Chase at the same meeting which he won four years ago. "He'll then go back to Leopardstown for a chase at the end of January he won in 2012. "I spoke to Ted this morning and the horse is 100 per cent. "Fingers crossed, if he stays right he'll go for the Grand National. It will probably he his last year for it. "Seabass has got great staying ability and he's a good jumper."
