Updated at 18.30
RUBY WALSH WILL miss the remainder of the Cheltenham Festival due to injury.
The jockey came off Al Boum Photo at the penultimate jump of the RSA Chase today, as Davy Russell and Presenting Percy (5/2F) claimed victory from Monalee (10/3) and Elegant Escape (9/1).
Ruby Walsh has been stood down for the rest of the day @CheltenhamRaces with a suspected broken leg. Jockey changes:
— Racing UK (@Racing_UK) March 14, 2018
Paul Townend - Max Dynamite (2.50)
Patrick Mullins - Douvan (3.30)#TheFestival pic.twitter.com/49Vz3CAWss
Walsh was helped into an ambulance by the course doctors and his father Ted, before heading to hospital to find out the extent of the injury. After undergoing an x-ray, his agent and sister, Jennifer, has released a brief statement.
Unfortunately he has aggravated a recent leg injury and will see his consultant in Dublin next week for further assessment,” it reads.
Directly after the incident, he was stood down for the day and trainer Willie Mullins had suggested that it could be a repeat of the broken leg he suffered last November when Let’s Dance fell at Punchestown.
It is only six days since he returned from that setback at Thurles.
“It looks like he has broken the same leg again,” Mullins told the Racing Post. “He’s going for x-rays to establish what damage he’s done but the doctor suggested that it looks like the same injury.
“It is very disappointing for Ruby. It looks like it could be the fracture reopened but you hear all that and five hours later you find out that the x-rays were clear. But it is very, very sore, right in the same spot.
He just couldn’t get his leg out in time and the horse rolled over on him. It looked a simple fall and when I saw the horse going down I thought he’d roll off. I took my eyes off it and I was amazed he was still down.”
The Walsh-Mullins combo enjoyed two Grade One wins yesterday — with Footpad in the Arkle and Benie Des Dieux in the Mares’ Hurdle — but he won’t play any further part this week.
- Originally published at 14.50
Last of the United greats
@John Harte: that header at stoke
@John Harte: A very likeable player.
Staying and scoring 40 goal’s is that before, during or after the tantrum ‘s?
On Fergie, no other Utd manager will get the same disproportionate financial advantage as Fergie had. He robbed Villa and Spurs of their best player’s. With all the money all PL club’s get that advantage has been eroded. Furthermore, the top 4 all get greater money in CL qualification than available 10 year’s ago. Therefore, if Utd can’t qualify the financial advantage they used to have gets eroded even further. The problem is the expectation of their fan’s versus the new reality.
@Daniel Kelly: you are talking absolutely bs, 1st regards taking villa/spurs best players jesus you would think utd absolutely drained them throughout the years, Sheringham, berbatov,Carrick,Yorke with villa, who else?? That’s in nearly 25yrs..To this day all the top clubs have and are still buying the best players from the lesser clubs it has always happened and yes champions lge money helps give your head a good wobble there its not as if fergie or utd created this..
@Pauly Kel: Just like Big Jack Charlton had the best crop of Irish player’s ever…. Fergie had a financial stranglehold on the PL with revenues exceeding all other club’s. He plundered the above plus West Ham, Leeds, Forrest, Wigan et al for their best player’s. My point stands Kane ain’t swapping Spurs now for old toilet! Thanks for listening……
He is still there!