Shortlisted for ‘The Energise Sport Irish Sports Book of the Year 2010’ at the Irish Book Awards. This is a public ballot and voting is open until midnight on 21st November. To cast your vote click here.
In addition to this, Ruby is on the longlist for the ‘William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year 2010’. if you want to see him on the shortlist then click here and vote for this terrific autobiography by the 18th November. If he gets on the shortlist, the votes then carry over but you can continue to vote until 28th November.
Ruby Walsh is a phenomenon. The only jockey to have won all four of the
home Grand Nationals, Ruby's racing life is the stuff of dreams. A
charming, much-loved sports personality throughout Ireland and Great
Britain, Ruby writes in detail for the first time about a career of
remarkable success. Ruby's fantastic
story will attract a large spectrum of readers, from those who have
only a passing interest in the sport to those who follow all his races.
It is a searingly honest and compelling autobiography, charting the
rise and rise of an immensely talented and popular force in the world
of sport.
The narrative moves at an impressive pace from his
sport-enthused youth in County Kildare, where he showed enormous talent
from an early age, to his incredible Grand National win at Aintree on
Papillion in 2000 (at the age of twenty). It was Ruby's first attempt,
on a horse trained by his father, and achieved just after suffering the
first really serious injury of his career. He has ridden over 1,400
winners to date, including more than a thousand Irish victories and the
Irish jump jockey's title on seven occasions. Among numerous racing
triumphs, Ruby rode a record-breaking seven winners over four days at
the 2009 Cheltenham Festival. Ruby Walsh talks candidly and openly
about the three key working relationships in his life - with Paul
Nicholls, Willie Mullins and his father, the legendary Ted Walsh - as
well as laying bare the dynamic relationship that exists between him
and jockey Tony McCoy - both great friends and professional rivals.
With his intimate knowledge of the two greatest horses of our time,
Ruby also provides valuable insight into what it is to ride and
(sometimes choose between) Kauto Star and Denman.
Ruby Walsh was
born in County Kildare, Ireland in May 1979. In amongst numerous racing
triumphs he has already won the Aintree Grand National twice, on
Papillon and Hedgehunter.
