Gripping finale lies in store

After a seemingly endless spell of testing ground, the weather has finally changed and the forecast for next week is for mainly dry weather, with the odd shower of rain, writes Ruby Walsh.

I’m in Kildare and it was beautiful here yesterday and the ground is drying, and I think it will be gorgeous for the Punchestown Festival.

Year in, year out Richie Galway, Brendan Sheridan, and the ground staff at Punchestown do an incredible job with the racing surface they produce, and this year will be no different. I’ve ridden at different tracks all around the world and at all the top meetings in the UK but, as regards a racing surface, what Punchestown produces for this meeting every year is by far the best.