Walsh back in winning groove

RUBY WALSH made a spectacular return to race-riding in Ireland when powering Scotsirish to a clear-cut success in the featured Grade 2 O’Connell Logistics Hilly Way Chase at Cork yesterday.

“It’s great to ride a winner, especially after watching Mikael d’Haguenet doing it so well at Navan”, reported Walsh.

The hugely exciting Mikael d’Haguenet, of course, like Scotsirish, is trained by Willie Mullins, who opted to go to Navan, where he had three winners in all.