Ruby Walsh today reflected on his latest Grand National win, in New Jersey, America yesterday, and the the Champion Jockey nominated the Grand Steeple-Chase De Paris as his next target.

Walsh’s win on Rawnaq in America’s Grand National at Far Hills on Saturday adds to his earlier wins in the English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Australian Nationals in a glittering career which has also seen him win the Nakayama Grand Jump in Japan.

Speaking following his win on The Fitz Lady at Cork, Walsh nominated “the Grand Steeple De Paris” as his next big race target and added “I landed ten minutes early this morning at 8.20am, dropped Gillian (wife) home and then headed here.”

He added “it was great and is an amazing day out (at Far Hills).

“You have to wonder though are our summer tracks missing a trick, as in the way they do things - the cars in the middle and the picnics. I know we don’t have the climate during the winter but the summer tracks, I just wonder is there something for our bigger summer tracks to be looking at.

“There were 35 or 40,000 people there, no grand stands no big infrastructure and families having a good day out at 10.30 in the morning. It was just something to see and very well run.”

By Tom Weekes