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Ruby Walsh to miss Punchestown with broken arm

ESPN staff
April 11, 2010
Ruby Walsh broke his arm at Aintree on Saturday © Getty Images
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Ruby Walsh will miss the Punchestown Festival after suffering a broken arm at Aintree on Saturday.

Walsh suffered the injury, which forced him to miss the Grand National, when he was sent to the floor following a fall from Celestial Halo in the Aintree Hurdle.

Walsh had been due to ride joint favourite Big Fella Thanks, which went on to finish fourth, in the Grand National.

Jennifer Walsh, the jockey's sister and agent, said that the length of the enforced absence had not yet been determined. "He arrived home last night but we're not sure how long he's going to be out for yet," she said.

"He's going to miss Punchestown but he's going to see his own orthopaedic surgeon on Monday morning and we'll know an awful lot more then."

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