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Published 20:43 5 Nov 2018 GMT
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Speaking to the Racing Post, Walsh was very nostalgic when remembering the early days of his career.
"I was Mr R Walsh back then and between Willie and the owner Noel O'Callaghan they were very good to leave me on him after we won a bumper at Gowran Park together. That's been a trait of Willie's down through the years."Since retirement, Alexander Banquet has been cared for by Mullins' wife Jackie at their stables. He had been living in a field alongside the jockey come trainer's final ever festival winner as a rider, Wither Or Which.
"I suppose it's like anything, your first is always very special. I was so young back then but you never forget your first and he was a wonderful horse for my career and I also rode my first Grade 1 winner as a professional on him as well when we won the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse the following season. "He was a tough, genuine horse who gave it his all and I'll never forget that day at Cheltenham with him. He was just a wonderful horse who had a brilliant life and Jackie looked after him well – and she still has Wither Or Which – after he retired. It's a sad day but he was a great horse who'll be fondly remembered."

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