Ruby: The Man From Kill - Racing TV

Ruby Walsh reflects on a life in horse racing from his home in Kill. Ruby is his usual forthright self in conversation with Gary O'Brien.
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[@jamesrichardson3500]

One of the greatest jockeys ever, but as a pundit he's up there already, I could listen to his opinions all day long.

[@kyawkyawwin1]

Agreed - alongside John Francome.

[@jamesrichardson3500]

@@kyawkyawwin1 lets hope Ruby doesnt get culled when he gets to 50. Soon we'll just end up with Oli Bell and some spiv who ticks boxes. Real racing people, with real opinions.

[@waynesmith5471]

Gary serving a fantastic interview there and although I detested Walsh in some of his last rides it takes nothing away from his input in the sport as a hole, nothing but respect here!

[@James-b7p2k]

People say what ya want about ruby I love him he’s a great sports man and he says it how it is...enjoy your retirement ruby you deserve it

[@karlblake4596]

So much corruption down the years, fixed races horses being pulled, a great sportsman? A great jockey but sportsman don't think so

[@karlblake4596]

McCoy a great sportsman

[@michaelmulhall5007]

@@karlblake4596 mccoy lashing donkeys around Ludlow in front of 10 people on a wet tuedsay or walsh at Cheltenham when it mattered. Both great both different my preference is for walsh

[@karlblake4596]

@@michaelmulhall5007 your on a different page then me, I'm talking about Willie Mullins entering 2 or 3 horses in a race and telling ruby to pick the horse to ride that he has no business riding but based on the people knowing ruby's the stable jockey and he's decided to pick that horse then it must be the favourite, it's corruption and the punters pay the price for it so he's no sportsman, your comment is sort of irrelevant to mine what's the point your making I'm not talking about better jockey I'm talking about better human being

[@michaelmulhall5007]

@@karlblake4596 I agree they are, particularly bad at punchestown when they used to try give townend a few winners. But I don't many jockeys and trainers have regards for the punters anyway. And let's be honest we fund the whole thing

[@beckybolton5411]

Alli have to say is R.I.P

[@karlblake4596]

Are you still messed up on the roulette ruby?

[@JackBurton-w7x]

Absolutely a legend- one of the greatest jump jockeys ever

[@mariafitzgibbon4342]

Hey Ruby..punchestown every year ..you would sit on Quevega..feeth dangeling out of the iron's..eric cantina always sprung to mind..and then i knew we has the best in the game..

[@LFCYNWA-zs7dl]

Go on Ruby

[@martinmcgrath1985]

No man I love more over jumps

[@jarvsie]

The best NH jockey ever.

[@togmufc]

Surely its mccoy

[@jamesrichardson3500]

@@togmufc it is McCoy

[@jarvsie]

@@togmufc It's a matter of opinion. Both great jockeys, but for me, Ruby just shades it. As an aside, I've been watching jockeys from Fred Winter onwards, through Francome, Scudamore, and Dunwoody etc. All great, but none were as complete a horseman as Ruby.

[@johndonnelly3135]

In racing Lester Piggott on the flat and John Francome over the sticks had no peers. Ruby was exceptional but second to Francome.

[@anotherblonde]

I was lucky to see his career from the start to the end.

[@forgive7449]

so you must have seen him deliberately lose many times then.

[@anotherblonde]

@@forgive7449 I saw an unusual dismount from Avalanche at the water at Sandown Park. I mean who falls off at the water?

[@Taribo1210]

Shame he never asked him about some of the special horses he rode

[@Taribo1210]

@Marq LOECSTA The heart of Africa

[@jackgallagher1438]

Brilliant jockey just a shame he never had any respect for punters those punters who clapped and cheered him walking the winners route at Cheltenham gave him his best days he claims but then he says he couldn’t care a less because he never knew them

[@evanpwell]

They dont pay the bills!

[@frconvey]

Should every sportsperson that gets cheered take the time to get to know everyone who cheers for them😅 What shite are you talking here

[@aaronmcglue5484]

What do you expect him to do? write all his fans a thank you letter?? give it a rest mate

[@michaelmoran9399]

@@aaronmcglue5484 type in john mcrillick ruby walsh watch it and I think you might change your view on your hero comes over as a right horrible b#####d

[@aaronmcglue5484]

@@michaelmoran9399 I respect ruby for his accolades and for what he has done for horse racing as an industry. He has brought me unforgettable memories, to say he is my hero is over the top mate. I could not care if the feeling is unrequited one bit, not every sportsman is obliged to give love towards fans. I'll always appreciate the moments of class he brought to Willie Mullins/Paul Nicholls backers!

[@markperryman1797]

@Paulredmond... Bradley?

[@paulredmond3848]

Walsh*

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

A Great Horseman no doubts about that, and a stylist , stylish and super strong in a tight finish, his Dad Ted was the arch-typical anti-stylist who rode like a sack of shit! remember him flaying away on attitude adjuster in the fox hunters

[@paddyross6321]

Legend, he tipped a WPM 1/4 winner in Paddy's a couple of days ago 😅

[@alandunn2147]

Wouldn't tip shite out of a barrrow

[@slaneysider106]

Walsh would make a great case study for anyone studying anthropology or psychology , he is not well liked at all , he wants to run with the hare and hunt with the hound

[@101mossie]

Not liked 😂 ah did someone not get enough hugs as a child, you poor little man 😂

[@slaneysider106]

@@101mossie Don’t waste your words i don’t need anything from you 😡

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

Ruby showing here he doesn’t understand depression. I don’t blame anyone who doesn’t understand it i almost envy them. I’m glad even. Depression is not self loathing or wallowing in any kind of self pity. At its crux is it being able to accept anything positive into your life .. that’s very basic. Anyway ruby was a great jock. Stayed around 2-3 seasons too long because at his emotional base he is an egotist. I don’t ever think this man cared about the horses as individuals like Mccoy did. Ruby talking like he came from a farm background and the animals were merely money making tools.

[@kyawkyawwin1]

Well said.

[@johndonnelly3135]

Comedy Gold, kauto star, big bucks, hurricane fly to name a few of Ruby’s that had extended careers at the very top, name one of the 1,000’s of horses McCoy rode that had longevity?

[@milolee1725]

All time great jock,rode absolute legendary horses,those winner's at Cheltenham gonna last some time,but then there was that Annie power.....fiasco! Oh Ruby....

[@animalwelfarewatch1538]

🤬🤬🤬

[@frconvey]

Seems nobody has ever asked him whether throughout Christmas to Cheltenham 2008 if he was ever planning to ride denman over kauto or if it was a tough choice

[@heron9524]

He said in his autobiography that he made the wrong decision. He said he made an emotional call instead of a business call (so to speak). If he was'nt injured when denman won that years Hennessey he probubally would have chosen him over kauto. Sam thomas knew more about Denman's strength. As he was Denman's regular jockey at the time. That 2008 gold was the best i ever seen. Denman just Galloped kauto and the field into the ground, there was'nt a horse on the planet that was going to beat him that day.

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

Talk of being a crook, lets ignore that, he was BRAVE or stupid whatever way you look at it, so many terrible falls, and I noticed after he came back from his last big leg break he began falling alot more frequently and I remember thinking, Ruby has lost his bottle he should retire, and luckily he did before maybe getting killed

[@michaelmoran9399]

Watch him and John McCrllick on you tube and maybe you'll realise he doesn't give f##k for the betting working man. Not a very nice person .

[@johndonnelly3135]

Why should he give a fuk about Wallys who bet at a loss?

[@michaelmoran9399]

@@johndonnelly3135 didn't realise Barney Curley had been reincarnated

[@paulbutler7291]

Ricci .Mullins . Walsh . Putrid trio

[@fayizalsani3842]

We have to remember being a jockey is a sport and this guy alas, isn't sport. He isn't fun and always grumpy: doesn't even resemble a Jockey Ffs... As to ride winners, yes, he did win a lot on very good horses, and horses mostly did the winning.

[@johnlawler6476]

Fun or grumpy aren't characteristics of being a jockey. Horse do most of the work regardless of the jockey. Clearly you haven't a clue about horseman ship

[@Horsecockbadger]

I agrre

[@slaneysider106]

Was an average jockey on good horses , nothing special about him . It’s the very same as two cyclists , one on a bmx the other on top of the range racing bike racing against each other. Ruby was riding impeccably bred horses the other jockeys were on ould jinnets . .

[@kevinthecarrot1448]

My God you are some idiot..Do you think those top jockeys land those big jobs because they were as you say only average on good horses?

[@Horsecockbadger]

So true glad someone sees through this little bollocks!

[@BradyPires7]

Working for Paddy power says it all, a jockey working for a bookmaker. I have followed horse racing for over 30 years but he's not dodgy like a certain bloke with the initials GB who rode in the 1980s as a supposed top jockey. Sir AP could win on a donkey and appreciated his fans or supporters just like Frankie but this fella hmmmm.

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

Deadly Going ;)

[@alandunn2147]

Pure gangster

[@smartyjones8391]

AP couldn't carry Rubys jockstrap.

[@kevinthecarrot1448]

@@alandunn2147 Show evidence..and dont spout stupid nonsense of jumping or purposely crashing Annie Power into a hurdle at the last