Ruby Walsh: Why are we so far off the pace when it comes to bringing viewers close to the action?
PICTURE PERFECT: Aidan O'Brien saddled three winners at the Breeders' Cup but it was the camera angles and the way NBC brought each race to me that most enthralled Ruby Walsh. Picture: Healy Racing
Cheltenham's Open Meeting kicked off yesterday afternoon in front of a large and enthusiastic audience with a six-race card that hardly set the world on fire. Sometimes the occasion matters just as much as the entertainment, and from where I watched it all unfold, the noise suggested people were having fun.
This afternoon is a far better card, and in the featured Paddy Power Gold Cup, Mouse Morris flies the Irish flag with French Dynamite. He is the favourite and could take the big prize in a race that far more Irish horses have lost than ever won.
