Ruby Walsh: Racing like this weekend deserves a greater reach

Some of Ireland's finest horses are strutting their stuff this weekend

CHASING GOLD: If Grey Dawning is going to be a real Gold Cup contender come March, he needs to be winning Saturday's Betfair Chase at Haydock. Picture: Healy Racing 

At about 8.30pm last Wednesday night, as I circled London aboard Aer Lingus flight EI184, waiting for a slot to land at Heathrow, I began to think about how I would start this column.

The vast expanse of night lights stretching in every direction makes London look even bigger by night, and as I looked down, staring into oblivion for inspiration like a kid in an exam who hadn’t done any study, I wondered how many of those below me were contemplating the weekend racing.