Ruby Walsh

Earendil

I know he can be a divisive figure but christ the man is getting better with age. In the last few weeks I've seen brilliant rides from him at Galway on Penhill & Clondaw Warrior, at Tramore on Old Castletown and another cracker tonight at on Head Turner at Balinrobe.

Do you mean that he's stopped falling at the last?

dickenson famous5

Yes agree that last ride on head turner sheer power and skill only when he retires will he get the great jockey tag that he surely his

Earendil

dickenson famous5 wrote: »

Yes agree that last ride on head turner sheer power and skill only when he retires will he get the great jockey tag that he surely his

Have a look at the Penhill ride if you get a chance. Had no business winning that race.

kfallon

Greatest NH jockey of all time, no disputing that.

Pity about his personality!

the groutch

kfallon wrote: »

Greatest NH jockey of all time, no disputing that.

Have you forgotten about a certain 20 time champion jockey?

idnkph

kfallon wrote:

Greatest NH jockey of all time, no disputing that.

There is plenty to dispute there in all honesty. But have me a good chuckle.

kfallon wrote:

Pity about his personality!

I don't understand why people are judgemental about his personality. He's an amazing jockey. He's paid to ride winners. People don't have to like his personality just his ability add a professional.
He's made mistakes in the past but what jockey hasn't....( even you Mr Fallon made a few) but I still think you were one of the best all time flat jocks but your own personality is not exactly eh brilliant. But that doesn't matter because you did your talking on the track.....

PM me nudes

the groutch wrote:

Have you forgotten about a certain 20 time champion jockey?

Ruby is twice the jockey McCoy ever was

idnkph

PM me nudes wrote:

Ruby is twice the jockey McCoy ever was

This is the racing thread not the humour thread. But a good joke none the less.

PM me nudes

idnkph wrote: »

This is the racing thread not the humour thread. But a good joke none the less.

Yeah, let's praise the journeyman McCoy that drives 5 hours to ride 85 rated 1/5 hurdler and probably ends up pulling it

posturingpat

PM me nudes wrote: »

Yeah, let's praise the journeyman McCoy that drives 5 hours to ride 85 rated 1/5 hurdler and probably ends up pulling it

Put that spoon away ya **** stirrer.

Earendil

PM me nudes wrote: »

Ruby is twice the jockey McCoy ever was

McCoy was tough as they come and a brilliant jockey. I agree though, Ruby is a class above.

PM me nudes

posturingpat wrote: »

Put that spoon away ya **** stirrer.

Haha, yeah that was stirring.

I just think Ruby is far far superior to McCoy in terms of reading a race, judging a pace, being in the right position

kfallon

the groutch wrote: »

Have you forgotten about a certain 20 time champion jockey?

Ha! I most certainly haven't! Give me Ruby any day over AP.

mdwexford

Ruby is the best jockey to ever ride by miles.

AP is the hardest working and has a hell of a will to win but skill and tactics wise Ruby is different league.

Stacksey

PM me nudes wrote: »

Yeah, let's praise the journeyman McCoy that drives 5 hours to ride 85 rated 1/5 hurdler and probably ends up pulling it

This is very true, there was races for McCoy every day of the week all over the UK, having thousands of winners doesn't necessarily mean your the best jockey ever, look at the flat championship, probably going to be won by Jim Crowley or De Sousa, are they the best flat jockeys at present? Nowhere near it.

In my opinion Ruby Walsh is a class above all jumps jockeys in the last 10 years and i'd have Geraghty 2nd on that list

kfallon

mdwexford wrote: »

Ruby is the best jockey to ever ride by miles.

AP is the hardest working and has a hell of a will to win but skill and tactics wise Ruby is different league.

In a nutshell!

AP the toughest too

hawkwind23

In regards his "personality" , when hes working ive never seen him refuse a photo or an autograph and offer a smile , also seen him many a time stand with the box collecting for the injured jockeys.
I like him , liked his da too
Anyone remember the slot he had on RTE years ago? used to tip some great ones.

I think some people slag off jockeys personalities because they pester them with stupid questions about whos going to win the next race and crap like that.

lemush

Anyone who has McCoy as a better jockey than Ruby needs their head tested and needs to stop punting quick.

jimjamcos

Ruby>McCoy.

Not even a question.

Francie Barrett

Ouch, took a hell of a fall there.

Lt Dan

dickenson famous5 wrote: »

Yes agree that last ride on head turner sheer power and skill only when he retires will he get the great jockey tag that he surely his

Most people already believe and accept that he is a great jockey. The best around Cheltenham too. People seem to forget that Mullins was not always winning Cheltenham races left right and centre. He will definitely go down as the best Irish jockey, AP excluded (even then, personally I favour Walsh, with Geraghty close second)

Lt Dan

idnkph wrote: »

There is plenty to dispute there in all honesty. But have me a good chuckle.



I don't understand why people are judgemental about his personality. He's an amazing jockey. He's paid to ride winners. People don't have to like his personality just his ability add a professional.
He's made mistakes in the past but what jockey hasn't....( even you Mr Fallon made a few) but I still think you were one of the best all time flat jocks but your own personality is not exactly eh brilliant. But that doesn't matter because you did your talking on the track.....

Hey! Mr Fallon's personality is to be untouched and not to be criticised. The man was a genius and rarely made a mistake. Only the exceptional men who are geniuses bordering mad could understand. :P

Lt Dan

idnkph wrote: »

This is the racing thread not the humour thread. But a good joke none the less.

It is a valid point.

For all of Richard Johnson's success and wins, he never came that close to AP McCoy winning the Championship. What competition did McCoy have in the last 6 years?

He had access to Martin Pipe and then JP McManus (more quantity than quality)

Where are all his championship wins at Cheltenham, and remember, they ride at two other big days @Cheltenham , with the Open in November and another in Januaryish

Ruby travelled over and back to Ireland and still won the Irish Championship, in a smaller but much more competitive group with Geraghty and Carberry , the former was doing very well at Cheltenham himself and himself was flying over and back when he joined Henderson . From 2009-2010 he had to contend with Davy Russell and Gigginstown (who have won the last two Irish Owners title and last years British title)

Well done AP, wins the mickey mouse races , has his fan club Clare Balding boring us to tears about whether "The Champ" is actually going to show up at the Festival, when it really counts. The best jockeys get the best horses. AP had the pick of pretty much anyone . In 2014, Geraghty made a show of him getting two major wins in JP's Colours. His record on Jetski was better too (to be fair he knew the horse better)


Sure look, De Sousa is probably going to win the British flat championship this year (hopefully Crowley will nail him) Not one win at Royal Ascot, Ebor-York or Glorious Goodwood (might be wrong with that one) this year. I do not even think he got a ride at the Ebor meeting . Almost meaningless . He was not around much for Royal Ascot


Ruby had two Grand National wins, one for his father! He was barely a man and not long out of the amateur scene

Lt Dan

Stacksey wrote: »

This is very true, there was races for McCoy every day of the week all over the UK, having thousands of winners doesn't necessarily mean your the best jockey ever, look at the flat championship, probably going to be won by Jim Crowley or De Sousa, are they the best flat jockeys at present? Nowhere near it.

Neither of them were to be seen or had very few rides at the following major races

Dante Meeting, Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood and the Ebor York Festival where there are a few decent handicap races. They will not be at the Irish Champions Weekend, and unless Crowley can get a ride off Stoute or Beckett, they won't be seen at the British Champions Stakes weekend either. Because it will clash with Irish Champions Stakes, they might get a few rides during the St Ledger week. Oh the glory of evening meetings at Lingfield and Kempton

I sincerely hope Crowely does it. Some journey from Jumps and then Beckett - picking the wrong horse for the Oaks (Talent and Hughes won) and then loosing the gig with Beckett (only to win the British Mares Championship races against the more fancied Beckett horse, to now championship contention

To be fair to De Sousa, after what happened to him two years ago, it was great that he won last year. He also had a nice period when in Hong Kong last winter

It says a lot about the attitude to the Championship when young lads like James Doyle declare that he has no interest in it , despite the ammo Godolpin has and the opportunities he had and took with Buick was out. We all have a fair idea what Ryan Moore thinks of it too.

Lt Dan

lemush wrote: »

Anyone who has McCoy as a better jockey than Ruby needs their head tested and needs to stop punting quick.

Well, AP has retired so.... I use to love it. Many horses of his would be favourite and not based on ability (nothing to do with AP of course) Nice winners to have been got.

Saying that, he was great at getting races he should not have , based on the horse's ability or where he was in the race.

In recent times, I love what he did with Carlingford Lough (Galway race), even in the ones that he did not win, bar that unfortunate fall in the Moriarty in 2014

Shemale

Lt Dan wrote: »

People seem to forget that Mullins was not always winning Cheltenham races left right and centre.

Some people seem to forget Nicholls had one or two winners at Cheltenham when Mullins wasn't trying

Lt Dan

Shemale wrote: »

Some people seem to forget Nicholls had one or two winners at Cheltenham when Mullins wasn't trying

I haven't forgotten bruh. Yes, and who was the jockey ? Ruby!!!

Where was McCoy for many of those races (yes, yes, he has won the gold cup)

Shemale

Lt Dan wrote: »

I haven't forgotten bruh. Yes, and who was the jockey ? Ruby!!!

That was my point?? In Mullins lean years Nicholls was winning plenty in Chelt