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";s:4:"text";s:5878:""I think it was time for me to retire, and I’m happy I did. Ruby Walsh with his wife Gillian and daughters Isabelle, Elsa and Gemma after announcing his retirement on Wednesday. And rest assured that your data will not be shared with any other party. "It’s been great, jump racing started yesterday, Limerick and the flats being back, it’s been entertaining. However it was Cheltenham where he was a dominant force over the years. Walsh, 39, has won nearly every major jump race in Britain and Ireland including two Cheltenham Gold Cups and two Grand Nationals and while Sir Anthony McCoy, who retired four years ago, was the numbers man it was Walsh who had the monopoly on quality riding for Paul Nicholls, the champion trainer in Britain, and Willie Mullins, the champion in Ireland. There was a further 22 lengths back to the The Storyteller in third. "When a decision is made in your head, it's easy enough to say it and I made it a good while ago. Walsh retired immediately after winning the Gold Cup at Punchestown this afternoon. Eventually this little grey pony and the young Walsh turned up to lead us over banks the size of double decker buses. Having faced a number of serious injuries over his time as a jockey, Walsh says that he'll feel the effects of his legendary career for the rest of his life. I had no idea. He's going to be really, really missed." Walsh burst on to the racing scene when winning the 2000 Grand National on Papillon, trained by his father, Ted. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. 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Walsh was Irish Champion Jockey a stunning twelve times, rode over 2500 winners, mainly for Willie Mullins and Paul Nicholls, and goes out having the most Cheltenham Festival successes to his name than any other in history. . He also won the Mares’ Hurdle six times on Quevega. The horses are such a huge part of it. You can’t consider it a job, and it was starting to become a job for me. The legendary jockey speaks about his injuries, retirement and racing after the pandemic, Get all the very latest news in Ireland straight to your email every single day. © Irish Examiner Ltd, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork. We had some amazing days with him, all the King Georges, the Gold Cups. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. "I rode all the best horses in anyones lifetime. Walsh opted to partner Kemboy, one of Mullins' three runners in the feature race on the second day of the festival, for what proved to be the final race of a hugely successful career. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. "So, for me it was always that the mental pain was way worse than the physical pain, but you just have to get on and feeling sorry for yourself, where’s the result in that?". I definitely have to keep my muscular fitness up. Our team react after Ruby Walsh announces his retirement from the saddle with immediate effect pic.twitter.com/xzRWV3mkSb, Get the latest news from the world of sport along with the best opinion from our outstanding team of sport writers, direct to your inbox every Friday, Latest news from the world of sport, along with the best in opinion from our He was quite blunt at times. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. I was riding a horse for Kim Bailey in the La Touche Cup over the banks at this Punchestown meeting and Kim had asked Ted Walsh, his fa, if he could supply us with a lead horse. Walsh bowed out with victory on Kemboy aat his local track, Kemboy gets the better of stablemate Al Boum Photo at Punchestown, Ruby Walsh retires: Irish jockey confirms retirement from horse racing at 39, {{#singleComment}}{{value}} Comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} Comments{{/singleComment}}, {{#singleComment}}{{value}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} comments{{/singleComment}}, Show{{#moreThan3}} {{value_total}}{{/moreThan3}} comments, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. 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