Stewart: I told Ruby he was doing the right thing

Leading owner Andy Stewart paid tribute to Ruby Walsh after the jockey announced he would no longer be formally attached to the Paul Nicholls stable.

Walsh broke the news in yesterday’s Irish Examiner and stated the travelling had begun to grind him down.

Walsh has worn Stewart’s red, white and black silks to win some of the biggest prizes in the game, most famously four Ladbrokes World Hurdles at Cheltenham on Big Buck’s.