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Cheltenham Festival 2014

Updates and reaction from one of the biggest and most famous events in racing calendar - the Cheltenham Festival.

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Ruby Walsh injured and out of the Gold Cup

Ruby Walsh holds his arm after his fall today Credit: David Davies/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Cheltenham Festival's most successful jockey Ruby Walsh has suffered a bad fall and suspected fractured wrist in the day's first race.

The Irish jockey has been taken to hospital for X-rays and will now be unable to ride another race, including his mount in the Gold Cup.

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