Cheltenham hat-trick delights Ruby

Ruby Walsh wasted no time in putting his stamp on the race to be crowned top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival by riding a first day treble.

Ruby Walsh wasted no time in putting his stamp on the race to be crowned top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival by riding a first day treble.

As well as winning the feature race on Hurricane Fly, Walsh took the opening Stan James Supreme Novices' Hurdle on Paul Nicholls' Al Ferof before Quevega won her third straight David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle in effortless fashion.

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