RUBY Walsh, who will be in action at Newton Abbot today and tomorrow, notched his 33rd success of the season and moved seven ahead of Paul Carberry in the championship race when Vital Plot proved an impressive winner of the Duke Of York Hurdle at Down Royal last night.

Andrew Kinsella struggled to fight back the tears after a poignant victory for Rock Of Rochelle in the Rosaleen Kelly Blenheim Stakes at the Curragh.