Ruby Walsh: The weekend is when people watch racing, and when they should be entertained

Ruby Wlahs can't understand why more UK-based trainers haven’t realised Irish handicaps are winnable with English horses, especially in the two-mile chase division. Today’s Dan Moore chase is ripe to be plucked by the superior English two-mile handicappers, yet not even one was entered.

Chances or opportunities in a less-competitive environment should be given midweek, but the weekend should be for the quality. Picture: Cody Glenn / SPORTSFILE

Good old Jack Frost had the decency to keep his snow in the sky long enough for Naas to get through last Sunday’s card and then had the good grace to disappear in time for all this weekend's action - in Ireland, that is, as our counterparts across the Irish Sea who jumped out of Europe seem to have jumped into Siberia with the weather they are getting.

Luckily for them, the Welsh have come to the rescue with their most westerly track, Ffos Las, staging a hastily rearranged meeting today to go with a few all-weather meetings to appease the die-hards.