Ruby Walsh hits out at ‘shambolic’ start

"That should have been a false start. Absolutely no doubt about it."

Aarons Day, left, beat all Capilano Bridge despite being badly disadvantaged at the start of the race. Picture: Healy Racing 

An otherwise exciting and informative day’s racing at Naas was somewhat spoiled by an incident at the start of the Celebrating The 2020 ITBA Award Winners Handicap Hurdle which Irish Examiner columnist Ruby Walsh described as “shambolic”.

A loose horse caused a delay to the race, but the real drama came just before tape-rise when Shakeytry whipped around at the start and unseated his rider, in the process causing interference to Sean Says, who never took part in the race, and to Aarons Day, who competed but was at a huge disadvantage when the tape was sent up and the other horses jumped off.