Walsh Sidelined
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granger
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Anything around that area can't be pleasant.
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For layers of Nicholls horses anyway!
granger
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Out for a month it seems. So will miss Betfair chase but should be back for King George
firstpastthepost
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same as last year then .....means Sam thomas gets the tingle creek, betfair chase and hennesey once again .. Master minded Kauto star Big bucks? Can he win all three races this year?
firstpastthepost
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Ruby gets back for kautos third win in the King George.
granger
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Master Minded and Kauto would have to be strong possibilities. Ill reserve my judgment on Hennesey until closer to the event
firstpastthepost
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You think Thomas gets on well with Kauto? i noticed he hit the front with him alot earlier than Ruby normally does when he was on him in the Betfair Chase last year but was a perfect round of jumping that day to.
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Has to be, Gal - lets face it, in all probablility he's not likely to be out of the woods yet, they'll still be hoping no infection sets in.
Poor fella - that means he'll have to be careful of any form of infection from now on.
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Fingers crossed so for Ruby that he'll healthy soon, and back doing what he does best.
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RUBY WALSH hopes to return to the saddle in three weeks following surgery to remove his spleen on Saturday night, but he was advised on Sunday by a fellow jockey who has also undergone the operation to resist the temptation to hurry back.
Trainer Paul Nicholls last night reported that Walsh is aiming to get back in time to partner the brilliant Master Minded in the Seasons Holidays Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on December 6.
Walsh had to undergo surgery after being kicked in the stomach and rupturing his spleen in a fall from Pride Of Dulcote in the stayers' handicap hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.
On the corresponding day last year, he dislocated a shoulder and was sidelined until Christmas in a horrible fall from Willyandwoody. Sam Thomas, who replaced Walsh at Cheltenham on Sunday, including aboard impressive winner Tatenen, will deputise while Walsh is sidelined.
His rides will include Kauto Star in Saturday's Betfair Chase at Haydock – a race the pair won 12 months ago.
Nicholls spent half an hour withWalsh last night in the high-dependency ward at Cheltenham General Hospital, and found him “in good spirits”.
The trainer said: “He's in a very positive frame of mind. He's his sights set on returning in time to ride Master Minded in the Tingle Creek on December 6 – that's just under three weeks away. Knowing Ruby as I do, he'll be doing everything he has to to be back as soon as possible.
“It's good that he's set a target like that, but a lot will depend on how the muscles heal. At least there were no broken bones. He just took a glancing blow when falling.
“As it happened a year to the day since he got injured last season, I gather the hospital staff greeted his arrival with ‘It's that Ruby Walsh again!'”
Nicholls added: “He'll be moved to a private room shortly, where he is to spend three or four days before returning home to Ireland.
“He's in good spirits and was able to watch the racing on TVand was obviously very impressed by Tatenen.
“Although he'll see the other lads taking over on some nice rides coming up, he'll continue to be involved and will be advising and helping them when he can.”
Thomas said his thoughts were with his weighing-room colleague, but that he had one eye on riding a number of Nicholls' stars.
He said on Sunday: “My thoughts are obviously with Ruby, but it would be stupid to say I'm not looking forward to the next few weeks. I'm going to make the most of it and I now just want to stay in one piece.
“Because of last year, I've been there and done it, and that will help. I won the Betfair Chase on Kauto Star last year, and I'm looking forward to us defending our title.”
Flat jockey Dale Gibson underwent identical surgery to Walsh following a fall at Beverley, and although he had the added complication of broken ribs, he was out of the saddle for five months.
He said: “Hopefully, Ruby will not be out for too long and I wish him a speedy recovery, but from my experience I would suggest he takes things very steadily. There tends to be a fair degree of muscle wastage around the stomach following the operation, and that takes time to build up again.”
He added: “Like Ruby, I was super-fit but it knocked meback far more than I'd anticipated. I'd guess he will lose up to a stone. I've had to take penicillin every day since to prevent infection.”
Although a more common injury for skiers, several jockeys, including Paul Carberry, Brendan Powell and ThierryJarnet, have had their spleens removed following a heavy blow to the stomach.
Dr Walter Halley, a Turf Club medical officer, said there is no mandatory period for a jockey licensed in Ireland to be out of action followingstomach surgery. “As far as Ruby in concerned, we'll be taking advice from the surgeon who performed the operation,” he said.
RUBY WALSH hopes to return to the saddle in three weeks following surgery to remove his spleen on Saturday night, but he was advised on Sunday by a fellow jockey who has also undergone the operation to resist the temptation to hurry back.
Trainer Paul Nicholls last night reported that Walsh is aiming to get back in time to partner the brilliant Master Minded in the Seasons Holidays Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on December 6.
Walsh had to undergo surgery after being kicked in the stomach and rupturing his spleen in a fall from Pride Of Dulcote in the stayers' handicap hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.
On the corresponding day last year, he dislocated a shoulder and was sidelined until Christmas in a horrible fall from Willyandwoody. Sam Thomas, who replaced Walsh at Cheltenham on Sunday, including aboard impressive winner Tatenen, will deputise while Walsh is sidelined.
His rides will include Kauto Star in Saturday's Betfair Chase at Haydock – a race the pair won 12 months ago.
Nicholls spent half an hour withWalsh last night in the high-dependency ward at Cheltenham General Hospital, and found him “in good spirits”.
The trainer said: “He's in a very positive frame of mind. He's his sights set on returning in time to ride Master Minded in the Tingle Creek on December 6 – that's just under three weeks away. Knowing Ruby as I do, he'll be doing everything he has to to be back as soon as possible.
“It's good that he's set a target like that, but a lot will depend on how the muscles heal. At least there were no broken bones. He just took a glancing blow when falling.
“As it happened a year to the day since he got injured last season, I gather the hospital staff greeted his arrival with ‘It's that Ruby Walsh again!'”
Nicholls added: “He'll be moved to a private room shortly, where he is to spend three or four days before returning home to Ireland.
“He's in good spirits and was able to watch the racing on TVand was obviously very impressed by Tatenen.
“Although he'll see the other lads taking over on some nice rides coming up, he'll continue to be involved and will be advising and helping them when he can.”
Thomas said his thoughts were with his weighing-room colleague, but that he had one eye on riding a number of Nicholls' stars.
He said on Sunday: “My thoughts are obviously with Ruby, but it would be stupid to say I'm not looking forward to the next few weeks. I'm going to make the most of it and I now just want to stay in one piece.
“Because of last year, I've been there and done it, and that will help. I won the Betfair Chase on Kauto Star last year, and I'm looking forward to us defending our title.”
Flat jockey Dale Gibson underwent identical surgery to Walsh following a fall at Beverley, and although he had the added complication of broken ribs, he was out of the saddle for five months.
He said: “Hopefully, Ruby will not be out for too long and I wish him a speedy recovery, but from my experience I would suggest he takes things very steadily. There tends to be a fair degree of muscle wastage around the stomach following the operation, and that takes time to build up again.”
He added: “Like Ruby, I was super-fit but it knocked meback far more than I'd anticipated. I'd guess he will lose up to a stone. I've had to take penicillin every day since to prevent infection.”
Although a more common injury for skiers, several jockeys, including Paul Carberry, Brendan Powell and ThierryJarnet, have had their spleens removed following a heavy blow to the stomach.
Dr Walter Halley, a Turf Club medical officer, said there is no mandatory period for a jockey licensed in Ireland to be out of action followingstomach surgery. “As far as Ruby in concerned, we'll be taking advice from the surgeon who performed the operation,” he said.
I certainly hope he does take advice! And I wouldn't want anyone riding my £250,000 chaser in a Grade 1, 3 mile chase who had had his spleen removed 3 weeks before!
Poor guy, hope he makes a full recovery but it means taking antibiotics daily for the rest of his life I imagine
Poor guy, hope he makes a full recovery but it means taking antibiotics daily for the rest of his life I imagine
Boss thinks that is feasible and that Ruby could be back in about 4-6 weeks - barring complications.
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In today's RP it appears that the target comeback is the Tingle Creek in 3 weeks time - not a prayer, surely?
King George more likely, or just before, maybe. Depends on how well the wound and surrounding tissues heal; if he can avoid infection, as he will be very vulnerable to that now - and how he feels. Boss pretty certain that 4-6 weeks would be the most likely, although it depends on the advice of the surgeon under whose care Ruby is.