Ruby Walsh is hoping to be given the green light to return to the saddle for next weekend's top-class meeting at Auteuil. Having lost his race against time to be fit to ride at the Punchestown Festival, Walsh is now targeting a comeback in France for the Grand Steeple weekend. The two-day meeting features the Grand Steeplechase de Paris and the French Champion Hurdle - the Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil. Walsh added: "Willie has Yorkhill, Killultagh Vic, Bacardys, Let's Dance and more (in the French Champion Hurdle). Willie has won it on several occasions, and Paul Nicholls has also won it a couple of times.

Source: Evening echo May 13, 2018 13:18 UTC