Ruby Walsh: Magical stuff from start to finish
never believed or even thought I could ever again walk out the gates of Cheltenham racecourse feeling the way I had done on many occasions after riding winners here. I didn’t think watching this sport or listening to the competitors would or could stir those adrenaline-fueled emotions that winning gives you. Until Tuesday, that is.
In 40 minutes, Constitution Hill wowed me, and then the racegoers did when Honeysuckle dug to the bottom of her reserves and grabbed the Mares’ Hurdle. To watch as nobody moved off the grandstand as she filed down in front of it, to see the crowds north of the Guinness village migrate south to applaud her and to then witness the winner’s enclosure scenes as the parade ring filled was emotive.
