Even Walsh thinks he's a villian, plus Mullins not happy..

Thats rubbish. He's good for another 2-3 years at least if he can stay injury free. If Mullins had his way Ruby will ride on until he's 50

Horses fall. Its an inevitable part of the game.When Ruby was out injured for most of last season, Mullins had more fallers than ever before. He had 11 fallers at the Cheltenham Festival alone. If you are in the business of blaming jockeys for falls then Ruby was only responsible for 2 of those. Mullins had 6 horses fall at the last at Cheltenham but Ruby wasn't on 5 of these.

He's the best of all time and still is the best.

Not a R.Walsh fan but i'd need to see stats on other jockeys to go along with the idea that he's past it.

Although in a parallel universe where I have obscene amounts to splurge on racehorse ownership, i'd rather have Davy Russell on mine

If so, resignation today perhaps.

Ruby is still the best Jockey riding by a Country Mile......Anybody that thinks otherwise is not worth listening to imvho.

acey - when he wants. and thats a big question mark these days. Outside of big races i see him as liability not asset these days

Your so wrong buddy.

A stinking run of Luck that is all that's wrong with Ruby right now.

i may be wrong - same happened to Davey Russell and hes come back stronger than ever! - Hope i am!

I'd like to see what percentage of these falls are horses that had been held up and Walsh had the horse under pressure whilst making the ground up as opposed to having it closer to the pace and not under as much pressure at the time of the fall.

I'm wondering if a few of these horses could be better positioned through the race therefore avoiding the kitchen sink being thrown at it late on which often is asking for trouble.

It often appears that Walsh, like Spencer on the flat, has horses too far out of their ground just for the sake of it, of course Spencer hasn't the added concern of having to throw his mounts at a couple of fences or hurdles late on in an effort to get to the front.

I would argue you are far more likely to get a late fall with horses who have had too much use made of them early on.

Walsh is great from the front if he feels the horse has no fitness/stamina issues and/or the pace is too slow, and equally great when he drops one out(free-running types or stamina or fitness doubts). Neither tactic is done just for the sake of it - there's always some logic to it.

Don't trust him on a horse,haven't backed him for years,won't be missed by me.
Should retire to save any of his shrinking reputation.

I haven't read the quote but it is almost unique for Mullins to criticise Walsh, or any jock in public.

Even the most cocky and arrogant of people can suffer from a lack of confidence. In fact it probably hits them harder as they find it harder to believe that anything could go wrong. It wouldn't be such a surprise if that lack of confidence is transmitted between horse and jock.

The playing field is somewhat different for Walsh and Mullins than it was a few years ago. Elliott has upped the stakes. There are fewer penalty kicks than there used to be. There is also the competition from within. Townsend and Mullins Jnr are quite often stepping up and getting the job done. There isn't such a gulf as to who is top dog. That gap closes each time Walsh ends up on his arse.

The other jocks are now waking up and not showing him too much respect. Easy lead Ruby, you can have the rail Ruby...These days it doesn't happen quite so often.

Life has become a whole lot tougher for someone who isn't used to failure.

A bit like Tiger Woods then and just as dislikeable

Very true in regards to getting an "easy lead" differentdrum.

I,m not sure this has anything to do with Faugheen or even his fallers, Quick Grabim and My Sister Sarah were two absolutely brutal rides which a conditional would have put their hand up and said sorry.

Faugheens a 3 miler now.Goes off 2/5 over 2 miles gets beat no surprise really.

Sorry no disrespect is meant but where has the OP seen this quote ?  The trainer is very loyal to his jockeys especially Ruby.

His arrogance has caught up with him, it was accepted when he was banging in the winners but different story now. I remember his comments when `Our Conner` a rivals horse got killed at Cheltenham 2 or 3 years ago, not what you would expect from a top jockey who has got very rich riding horses. Should be more respectful.