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Let's rewind to an episode of the Craig Doyle Show on RTE from October 2012.

John McCririck is itching to ask Ruby Walsh something; they are both guests on the late-night chat show alongside comedians Russell Kane and Eric Lalor.

"Hundreds, thousands, millions of euros are bet on your horses, are you at at all conscious of that responsibility?" McCririck wonders.

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Published on 4 May 2019inFeatures

Last updated 08:43, 5 May 2019

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