Ruby Walsh & Paul Nicholls are parting company

UrbanFret · 27-05-2013 9:02pm

klairondavis wrote: »

Not a patch on Dreaper and Taaffe.

sadly before my time but I can't imagine pat taffe was anywhere near as good as ruby as a jockey, Tom dreaper? Now that's another matter altogether.;)

Motivator · 27-05-2013 10:12pm

The claim of wanting to be closer to his family is utter rubbish from ruby. Nicholls has an awful string of horses at ditcheat nowadays & ruby isn't going to ride horses that will be finishing behind horses of McCain & Henderson. Sadly for racing fans Nicholls just hasn't got the same calibre of animals as he did 3 or 4 years ago.

When was the last time Nicholls had a horse to get truly excited over?

SRFC · 28-05-2013 12:20am

The worlds greatest trainer has worked his magic again and got the most gifted rider of all time to ride the stable flying machines all of the time :cool:

Mark my words Daryl Jacob wont last a year there as number 1 jockey he will be found out as very average very soon dont care if he won a national he's no good,

#WPM1
#RW1
#PT2 = dream team

mdwexford · 28-05-2013 1:26am

A lot of annoying rubbish in this thread.

Just because Nicholls major superstars all came together and are now retiring together doesnt mean he is finished. He will get new horses and will win more festival grade ones and trainers titles.

Who gives a **** how nice him and Ruby are, they have produced some of the best horses and rides of the past 10 years together and it was always a partnership to be feared. It is the end of an era and I certainly will miss it.

mickm1986 · 28-05-2013 11:43am

well said mdwexford!!

Charlie George · 28-05-2013 8:17pm

Its common knowledge to everyone in racing that Ruby is a p...k,know of a small lad that went up to him looking for an autograph and Ruby cleared him.

cack_handed · 29-05-2013 10:51am

Charlie George wrote: »

Its common knowledge to everyone in racing that Ruby is a p...k,know of a small lad that went up to him looking for an autograph and Ruby cleared him.

Ah give us more details for pity's sake. How did ruby clear him? Did he put his hand in the kids face & shove him into the dirt? Did he lash him across the arras with his whip & yell be gone pest? Did he tell him to go back to his dad and he'd do it for 50 quid?
Any other ruby tittle tattle you can give us? Are you in racing yourself btw?

kfallon · 29-05-2013 11:47am

A little off topic but can anyone tell me when was the last time Ruby picked up a ban in Ireland?

the groutch · 29-05-2013 12:25pm

kfallon wrote: »

A little off topic but can anyone tell me when was the last time Ruby picked up a ban in Ireland?

think he got a one day one for overusing the whip at Leopardstown at Christmas.

allthedoyles · 29-05-2013 11:19pm

Since 22nd May , Ruby has 5 winners for Mullins , a decent strike rate .

And Mullins has 5 winners since 22nd May .

And the common denominator is of course Ruby .

In the same period PW and Townend drew blanks for WP .

Colonel Sanders · 30-05-2013 7:53am

allthedoyles wrote: »

Since 22nd May , Ruby has 5 winners for Mullins , a decent strike rate .

And Mullins has 5 winners since 22nd May .

And the common denominator is of course Ruby .

In the same period PW and Townend drew blanks for WP .

Are you saying none of those winners would've won their respective races had Patrick Mullins or Townend been in the plate? Are you saying that there are horses either rode that would have won had Ruby been on board?

Ruby is first choice when available, we'd expect his strike rate to be higher

Correlation does not necessarily imply causation

Tommythetank · 25-11-2014 6:04pm

quite an old thread but i"m amazed that the real reason behind Ruby leaving nicholls has not come out

shy-tall-knight · 25-11-2014 6:12pm

Tommythetank wrote: »

quite an old thread but i"m amazed that the real reason behind Ruby leaving nicholls has not come out

Strange alright. But with racing such a close knit community I can't see anyone from within racing in any rush to shout about it, particularly when someone like Ruby is involved. Surprised one of the rag tabloids hasn't made a story out of it by now though.

I said · 25-11-2014 6:13pm

Tommythetank wrote: »

quite an old thread but i"m amazed that the real reason behind Ruby leaving nicholls has not come out

Are you going to enlighten us

Meath Centre Forward · 25-11-2014 6:34pm

I would imagine the reason Ruby left was because he knew the money that the likes of Ricci, Wylie and O'Leary would be putting into the Mullins stable along with the fact that Nicholls stars' were coming to the end. So it suited him to be back in Ireland riding the same quality of horse. The departures of Fry and Skelton might have influenced his decision too.

Triboro · 25-11-2014 6:37pm

Sounds like there's more to it than that!!

zpehtsfd · 25-11-2014 6:49pm

Wow posters coming out of the woodwork for some juicy gossip. Nice job Tommythetank.

bellybuster12 · 25-11-2014 6:50pm

I'm not living near kill either but i have heard the rumors, whether true or not it won't effect him in the saddle, he is too driven and ignorant.

25-11-2014 6:53pm

bellybuster12 wrote: »

I'm not living near kill either but i have heard the rumors, whether true or not it won't effect him in the saddle, he is too driven and ignorant.

Careful what words you use. People might get the wrong idea!

convert · 25-11-2014 9:37pm

please don't drag up old threads with the intent of raising/spreading rumours.

/thread closed.

Ruby Walsh & Paul Nicholls are parting company

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