Ruby Walsh escapes horror fall at Taunton: Horse Racing

By HOTSPUR (J A McGrath) Published: 7:08PM GMT 04 March 2010

Away day: Champion Chase carefree Kalahari King enjoys a paddle in the roller at Redcar Photo: PA

With eleven days remaining, Willie Mullins has certified better in his conflict to get Mikael D"Haguenet there and manoeuvre Ruby Walsh survived a horrible tumble at Taunton, when his mountain crashed by the wing of a fence.

It is sufficient to have even the strongest reach for the bottle. Mullins reported Mikael D"Haguenet to be "stiff and sore" following his drill event at Leopardstown at the weekend.

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Tipped as a destiny Gold Cup winner, he had been 25-1 for the Arkle and 14-1 for the RSA Chase. "While we were happy sufficient with the approach he jumped, it was his second racecourse propagandize in the space of a couple of days and he has not come out of it as well as we would have hoped," pronounced Mullins.

Walsh, who has been commissioned 1-2 prime to be heading jockey, contingency have seen this year"s Festival flashing prior to him when his mountain Earth Planet veered neatly right coming a blockade in the home straight, crashed by the inside rail and demolished the wing.

The equine was protection and Walsh dusted himself down and rode on, alighting the last competition aboard the Paul Nicholls-trained King"s Legacy in a print from Sir Kezbaah.

Walsh had surpassing been knocked about on the odds-on Pistolet Noir and Nicholls ruled out the Fred Winter Hurdle at Cheltenham for the four-year-old, whose destiny certainly lies over fences when he reaches maturity.

At the alternative finish of the country, Queen Mother Champion Chase contender Kalahari King went for an additional tour to Redcar beach, that he obviously enjoys, as he one after another his credentials for the two-mile championship.

Trainer Ferdy Murphy reported: "He"s one of those horses, who goes paddling in the H2O and has a hurl on the beach and a see around. Graham Lee pronounced there were a couple of lads carrying a five-a-side football compare there the alternative day and the equine was similar to a spectator."

On Friday at Newbury, Nicky Henderson pulls the wraps off his French import Super Kenny, who has his initial hurdles tour in this country. He is as low as 16-1 for the Triumph Hurdle, and for those distrustful about the prospects of a immature equine surpassing from this assembly to Cheltenham, there is a precedent.

25 years ago, the Henderson-trained First Bout ran in his initial hurdles competition at Plumpton on February 26, that he won, afterwards 4 days after the gelding took today"s analogous competition at Newbury prior to winning the Triumph Hurdle twelve days after that.