Two chances of Ruby Walsh buckling under Cheltenham pressure

There he was heading to the final fence at Navan last Sunday and you were thinking this fellow won’t be far away at Cheltenham.

Yes, Black Hercules had a Grade 2, three-mile novice chase in the bag when disaster reared its ugly head at that fateful obstacle.

He was in the process of producing a really impressive pre-Cheltenham trial, before crashing out of the contest and it really was far from ideal.