Walsh set to ride Brave Inca

RUBY WALSH rode Brave Inca in a crucial piece of work on the Curragh yesterday morning, although no definite decision has yet been reached as to who will partner the horse in next Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

There was much speculation last week Charlie Swan might be lured out of retirement to team up with the nine-year-old, but that possibility seems to have disappeared off the radar.

Reported Brave Inca’s trainer, Colm Murphy: “I won’t know for a day or two who will be aboard at Cheltenham, I am still waiting on the two lads (Tony McCoy and Walsh).