Festival legend shares his thoughts on the hot prospects this year

NO-ONE knows the ups and downs of Cheltenham better than serial winner Ruby Walsh. Out of the saddle and ready to watch with the rest of us, his expert eye for a horse is keen as it ever was and here the 59-time Festival winner shares his views on this year’s stars – and zooms in on the novices. Fresh from the Dublin Racing Festival his thoughts turned to rides he would have relished in the Cotswolds.
“Galopin Des Champs is an obvious one in the Gold Cup after what he did at the weekend,” Wa...