Cheltenham Festival 2010: Big Bucks and Ruby Walsh canter to World Hurdle win

Bystaff 340PM GMT eighteen March 2010

Easy income Big Buck"s clears the last to take the World Hurdle Photo PA

Walsh"s mountain was tough on the check via and try as Time For Rupert might, he could never put the 5-6 prime underneath sufficient pressure.

War Of Attrition finished majority of the using but Time For Rupert took over branch in to the straight, nonetheless Walsh could be seen travelling ominously well.

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The Cheltenham Festival"s winning-most manoeuvre had a resting see around for dangers but they were non extant and after a somewhat scrappy burst at the last. Big Buck"s was pushed out with hands and heels for a three-and-a-quarter-length win.

Powerstation was behind in third, the same on all sides he filled twelve months ago.

Walsh pronounced "He"s a special horse. He"s positively bolted in.

"He"s a equine that doesn"t wish to be in front as well long. I knew the ones I fancied, similar to Karabak, would follow me though.

"He"s got a superb engine and that was a great turn of jumping, he jumped improved currently than he ever has done."

Winning tutor Paul Nicholls pronounced "He"s a hugely gifted horse. It"s unbelievable. I worked the horses on Saturday sunrise - Poquelin, Master Minded, Kauto Star, the lot. They all worked well but he worked similar to a full of hair goat.

"That"s only him and I lost certainty a bit and I was sweating beforehand.

"He never strike a prosaic mark today. We were penetrating to get him uninformed and you have to get in to his head a bit some-more than anything. He"s really good."