Ruby Walsh: Play the long game with Lossiemouth

Jockey Paul Townend riding Lossiemouth leads the pack to win the JCB Triumph Hurdle race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival. Pic: GLYN KIRK, AFP via Getty Images
We all know the world is constantly changing, and some of that is good and some of it not so good, but some things will never change, and press releases at five o’clock on a Friday is one of the oldest traditions in the book and one that will last forever.
Last Friday, the IHRB did it, and while they was never going to be anything other than ‘behave yourself in future,’ for Patrick Mullins after his verbal spat with cousin and competitor Danny at Limerick over Christmas, giving the world the news late on Friday is poor timing.