Ruby Walsh: Hard to get away from Stormy Ireland

From Willie Mullins’ point of view, Allaho in the Beginners’ Chase and Jon Snow and The Big Getaway in the maiden hurdles are the key horses this weekend. They’re horses we expect to win, but they’re also horses we would have hoped would have won by now and be going to the Dublin Racing Festival as novices rather than to a beginners’ chase and maidens this weekend.

Unfortunately, they were all beaten last time, but I expect them all to win this weekend and hopefully enhance their reputations. Earlier in the year, I thought Jon Snow was one of our better novices but he’s after getting beaten twice. The Big Getaway was unlucky at Leopardstown at Christmas, and I think Allaho has improved fitness-wise from Leopardstown.