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• ‘As a jump jockey you don’t get many chances to ply your trade abroad’Following Tony McCoy’s retirement from the saddle in April after a spectacular career, and it seemed there could hardly be any fresh horizons remaining for even the best jump jockeys still around. Ruby Walsh showed with victory on Bashboy in Australia’s Grand National on Sunday that the Irishman can own other ideas.
Whereas top Flat jockeys own for many decades been active around the world,their jumping counterparts own generally stuck to the British and Irish circuits, with the occasional trip to France. Has Walsh, or at the age of 36,opened up a current vista not just for himself but for talented young jumps riders who keep emerging, particularly from Ireland?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com