Top jockeys at the top of their form

Paul Townend four winners, Ruby Walsh three and Rachael Blackmore two, the fascinating characters who largely dominated last Sunday’s racing in Ireland - at Punchestown and Cork, writes Pat Keane.

Let’s start with Townend, who seems to have been around forever, seems to have been with Willie Mullins forever, second jockey to the champion trainer, behind Walsh, if not quite forever, at least for a very long time, and himself crowned champion jockey back in 2011.