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Walsh Sceaux euphoric as Mullins star shines on a wonderful day
It was not Cheltenham in March, but from the glee on the face of Ruby Walsh you could have been forgiven for thinking winter had run its course and spring was here.
Thankfully, it is not, for why would you wish to fast forward through the months and miss out on an afternoon like this, one on which the glorious sport of jump racing was yet again an absolute joy.
Dusk was descending by the time of Rocky Creek's revival in the London National, a contest that reminded us Sandown does finishes better than anywhere else. Walsh will not have seen it, as he and wife Gillian departed in a taxi five minutes before it began and half an hour after a Betfair Tingle Creek Chase that motivated him to stand bolt upright in the stirrups and shout something with uncontainable relish.
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