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Injured Ruby Walsh ruled out of Grand National

By , Senior Reporter |
Ruby Walsh, due to ride Sir Des Champs at Saturday's Grand National, is forced to pull out of the event due to a fractured wrist sustained on Friday.

A fractured wrist has forced Ruby Walsh to withdraw from this weekend's Grand National at Aintree.

The two-time winner of the event, who was due to ride Sir Des Champs, sustained the injury during a fall at the famous course on Friday.

Nina Carberry will now deputise for Walsh aboard the Willie Mullins-trained horse, leading to bookmakers halving the odds on Sir Des Champs winning Saturday's race.


Walsh has won the Grand National on two previous occasions; the first on Papillon in 1999 and then six years later with Hedgehunter.

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