Grand National winner Ruby Walsh has publicly defended his decision to travel to next week’s Cheltenham Festival if it goes ahead amid the foot-and-mouth crisis.
The Irish jockeysecured the ride on the highly fancied See More Business for the feature race, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, due to take place next Thursday.
Despite Irish and French runners not traveling,Walsh claims riding the British-based horse will not threaten the spread of disease to Ireland.