Ruby Walsh: Thurles the unlikely hero in time of great uncertainty

I doubt anyone in the Moloney family or anyone in any way attached to Thurles racecourse would ever have thought the eyes of the racing world would turn solely on them on a Saturday afternoon in mid-March, but they will.

Ruby Walsh: Thurles the unlikely hero in time of great uncertainty

I doubt anyone in the Moloney family or anyone in any way attached to Thurles racecourse would ever have thought the eyes of the racing world would turn solely on them on a Saturday afternoon in mid-March, but they will.

And they will be because of a brave decision made by HRI, with the backing of IRHB, to continue to race for as long as possible in these unique, scary, and strange times.

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