Ruby returns to action in Britain

RUBY WALSH makes his first return to race-riding in Britain since being suspended under the new whip rules at Aintree when he heads to Wetherby for one mount today.

Walsh was suspended for five days by the Aintree stewards on Saturday having been deemed to have hit his mount, Edgardo Sol, once more than the permitted eight times after guiding him to a narrow victory in a novices’ handicap chase.

A furious Walsh indicated in the aftermath that his visits to England would become less frequent due to the stringent rules, and is due to have an appeal against the findings of the Aintree stewards heard next week.