Ruby Walsh: Combing through the detail looking for proper answers

It was a strange week on the news front for horse racing
Jim Bolger believes 'there will be a Lance Armstrong' in horse racing. 	Picture: Healy Racing 

Jim Bolger believes 'there will be a Lance Armstrong' in horse racing. Picture: Healy Racing 

I am not sure what kind of week it was on the news front for horse racing. Like any top performer in any sport, Oisín Murphy’s long suspension wasn’t a good one, but I think it can be seen for what it is: that of somebody who has lost the run of a life that eventually caught up with him. Oisín isn’t the first and won’t be the last.

It was the bottom of a painful cycle for the jockey but his honesty and acceptance of his wrongdoings most certainly made me look upon him in a kinder light. Good luck to him in his attempt to turn his world around.

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