Ruby Walsh discusses his wrist injury and shares his Grand National tips

Let the madness of Grand National Day begin. Unfortunately for me, after my fall from Blood Cotil in the Topham I sustained a wrist injury and won’t be involved in the way I had hoped.

But I’ll be on the side-line looking in with real interest. It’s a terrific race to be involved in, with the buzz, the size of the field, the crowd, and all the preliminaries. And then, finally, when it all gets underway, there’s that famous/infamous charge to the first fence – that’s a great thrill in itself.

If you’re on an ordinary one whose appetite for the challenge is not what it might be – and I’ve been on a number of them through the years – it’s a different matter altogether.