Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E maia ana a Fergal O'Brien ki te moemoea he aha pea i Aintree i te Rahoroi i a ia e tohe ana ko te tuawha o nga Alvarado o tera tau kei te haere ki te whakataetae i te ahua pai ake i tenei wa. Kotahi noa te wā i oma ai te manu 10 tau te pakeke i tēnei wā, i te mutunga ko ia te tuarima i Doncaster i te Hui-tanguru. Engari ko O'Brien, 42 tau te pakeke, i whanau i Limerick, e whakapono ana he pai ake te ahua o te ahuatanga i te 12 marama ki muri i te wa i uru atu ai a Alvarado ki te whakataetae kaore i rere mai i te wa i tae atu ai ki Cheltenham i te ra o te Tau Hou. E ai ki a Fergal O'Brien he pai ake te āhua o Alvarado i te whakataetae Grand National i Aintree i tēnei wiki. E whakaatu ana tēnei i roto i te whanonga o tana kaiwhakataetae ki a Paul Moloney i te kāinga, e ai ki a O'Brien. Ka mea atu te kaiwhakaako: 'Ki taku whakaaro he pai ake ta matou tūnga. He tino tika ia, mehemea he pai tana kai, ā, ka taea e koe te tiki i a ia ki te mara, he tino pai ia ki a ia anō. Ki taku whakaaro, kua neke ake ta tatou i te tau kua hipa. E 18 tau a O'Brien e mahi ana mo te kaiako a Nigel Twiston-Davies, 16 o ratou hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua. I taua wā, i āwhina ia ki te whakarite i ngā toa ā-motu e rua i Earth Summit me Bindaree, engari, i te wā i hoki mai ai ia ki te turanga, ko te tau whakamutunga te wā tuatahi i tae atu ai ia ki Aintree i te rā ā-motu. Ko Alvarado, i whakaahuatia i Cheltenham i te tau 2013, kotahi noa iho tana oma i tenei wa i te marama o Hui-tanguru i Doncaster. I tāpiri atu a O'Brien: 'I mea tonu ahau mēnā ka peke a Alvarado i ngā taiapa tuatahi e rua, ā, ka pai ki a ia, ka rere pai ia. He nui rawa ōna pūkenga, ahakoa kāore e riro mai i a ia i ngā wā katoa. Ehara i te mea he kore pono ia engari no te mea he quirky ia. ' I whakangunguhia e Gary Moore te toa o te 2014 Champion Chase, ko Sire De Grugy e rere ana i runga i te rua me te hawhe maero mo te wa tuatahi i te Paraire i a ia e arahi ana i nga kaiwhakataetae 10 i te Melling Chase. Ka eke a Josh Moore hei whakakapi mo te tuakana i whara, a Jamie. Ka peke a Sire De Grugy i te taiepa i a ia e haere ana ki te wikitoria i te Champion Chase i Cheltenham i te tau kua hipa.
I mutu a Alvarado i te tuawhā o te Grand National i Aintree i te tau whakamutunga. E ai ki a Fergal O'Brien he pai ake te āhua o te hoiho i tēnei wā. Kotahi noa te wā i eke a Alvarado i tēnei tau ki Doncaster i te marama o Hui-tanguru.