Ruby to miss Galway Festival

Ruby Walsh faces a long spell on the sidelines, following an operation on Monday to repair damaged ligaments in his shoulder.

Walsh dislocated the shoulder, and broke his right arm, when taking a crashing fall at the second flight aboard Abbyssial in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham festival in March.

It was thought he would then be absent for many months but, through extensive physiotherapy and sheer hard work, was able to return for the Punchestown festival at the end of April and into early May.