Nickname makes plenty of appeal

RUBY WALSH makes a rare Saturday appearance in this country at Navan today and has to be fancied to guide Nickname to yet another success in the Grade 3 Russell Restaurant An Uaimh Chase.

The five-year-old has won five of his six races this season, but had to miss Cheltenham, after Martin Brassil walked the course and concluded the ground was too fast for his charge.

It was a very brave decision on the part of Brassil, because the inclination to allow his in-form eight-year-old to take part must have been almost overwhelming.