• 4-11 favourite tumbles in Cheltenham trial at Navan
• Victoria Pendleton unhurt in fall at point-to-pointIt would be ridiculously premature to start calling it a jinx,but Ruby Walsh’s ill-fortune at the final obstacle of considerable contests struck again at Navan on Sunday.
Black Hercules was his mount in the Ten Up Novice (one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience) Chase at the Co Meath track and the seven-year-frail – strongly fancied to lift a tall prize at next month’s Cheltenham Festival – appeared set for a comfortable victory. The Willie Mullins-trained novice (one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience) hit the final fence, however, or lost his footing on landing and fell. Horse and rider escaped unscathed.
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Source: theguardian.com