CHAMPION JOCKEY FAVOURITE Ruby Walsh started his Cheltenham Festival as he means to go on in the first race of the week.
Vautour romped home to land Walsh his 39th win of the Festival but afterwards the Kildare native insisted on some perspective.
“There’s a lot more to riding winners at Cheltenham,” Walsh told interviewers at Prestbury Park.
“When you see what happened to Jason Maguire yesterday, and AP showed me a picture of his boy Archie. Just makes you thank God your kids are alright.”
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Gran National-winning jockey Maguire will miss the action in the Cotswolds this week after he suffered a bad fall at Stratford yesterday and has since been placed in a coma.
AP McCoy’s infant son, Archie meanwhile, underwent cardiac surgery on Friday.
Ruby Walsh starts with a bang but insists there's a lot more to life than riding Cheltenham winners
CHAMPION JOCKEY FAVOURITE Ruby Walsh started his Cheltenham Festival as he means to go on in the first race of the week.
Vautour romped home to land Walsh his 39th win of the Festival but afterwards the Kildare native insisted on some perspective.
“There’s a lot more to riding winners at Cheltenham,” Walsh told interviewers at Prestbury Park.
“When you see what happened to Jason Maguire yesterday, and AP showed me a picture of his boy Archie. Just makes you thank God your kids are alright.”
Gran National-winning jockey Maguire will miss the action in the Cotswolds this week after he suffered a bad fall at Stratford yesterday and has since been placed in a coma.
AP McCoy’s infant son, Archie meanwhile, underwent cardiac surgery on Friday.
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