as an irish man who watches rte racing at which ted is a fixture, he is an excellent commentator on the sport. Gives straight views, will tell u when he thinks a horse has no chance and has brilliant knowledge of the irish game in respect of owners and trainers. I love it when he mentions the local gaa club or parish the owners are from. He is doing this job long b4 ruby became a cheltenham god, and he should continue to do the job, unless ruby wants it when he retires. Imagine this scenario, Ruby buys stables off his dad, how hard would the haggling be there. Would love to be fly on wall for that. I am proud to be an irish man and I am proud that Ted represents fairly the irish people at cheltenham.

i know he has his own house and land - but it would be a fun haggling session if it happend - reve

Not to mention Papillon, one of the greatest national gambles in my time. Trained by Ted, ridden by a prepubescent Ruby, not backed by Blackburn [:x]

.....dodged by 'the magic sign' , who were massively, massively below everyone else's odds, the morning of the race.

I wonder how they knew?

When he used to ride if the money was down he used to ride like a man possessed. He nearly won a gold cup as
a trainer and did win the national so knows how to train. I thought he bigged up Imperial Commander before
the GC saying he looked great. He's no tipster ,but you cann't be good at everything. The way his kids
conduct thenselves is a real credit to him as well. Racing needs characters like ted walsh.

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