Ruby Walsh: Curtain comes down on a truly memorable National Hunt season

Oh, what we once took for granted will soon seem like a treat but, either way, what we witnessed as jumping fans since last July when the National Hunt season resumed is still more than worth remembering

Rachael Blackmore onboard Honeysuckle clears the last to win. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

And so the end the is near for the National Hunt season, only eight races away, but the end also looks in sight for empty soulless racecourses, for owners who can’t get to go and watch their horses compete, and even more so for everyone to just start living again.

I fully understand the privileged position I, my colleagues in the racing press, my former weighroom competitors, and all of those involved in horse racing under rules have been in for the past 10 months by simply being able to travel somewhere and have work to go to.