Ruby solves Maze puzzle

RUBY WALSH has long suspected that the brilliant Asian Maze doesn’t truly get three miles and her victory in yesterday’s Whitewater Champion Stayers’ Hurdle at Punchestown did nothing to change his mind.

“She’s not a stayer,” reported Walsh with typical candour. “She had her bellyful of it coming away from the second last and it was pure guts and determination which kept her going.”

Only a fool wouldn’t take what Walsh had to say to heart. Truth to tell she was far good for this opposition, but it was a weak race and quotes of 5-1 from some firms afterwards, for Cheltenham’s World Hurdle, were a bit of a joke.