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A Look Back At The Golden Career Of Ruby Walsh

"Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Rubaaaayyyyyyy...." So there we have it lads - after 213 Grade 1 successes and ov...
Stewart Griffin
Stewart Griffin

11:56 AM - 2 May 2019



Dave Moore

A Look Back At The Golden Career Of Ruby Walsh

Stewart Griffin
Stewart Griffin

11:56 AM - 2 May 2019

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"Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Rubaaaayyyyyyy...."

So there we have it lads - after 213 Grade 1 successes and over 2,500 wins in total, Ruby Walsh yesterday shocked the racing world with his retirement, two weeks shy of his 40th birthday.

The National Hunt jockey even surprised trainer Willie Mullins with the announcement after telling him, "I'm finished" as he jumped off Gold Cup winning horse Kemboy in Punchestown, even though he was scheduled to ride at the meeting for the rest of this week.

Offtheball.com's John Duggan takes a look at the career of the "Messi of racing" and explores some of the reasons as to why he decided to hang up his whip so suddenly.

What a legend!

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