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Ruby Walsh: Why Japan is like the Premier League of racing

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Ruby Walsh: Why Japan is like the Premier League of racing

Ruby Walsh and Fran Berry were in Japan and they enjoyed it. Ruby won everything in his career, including the Nakayama Grand Jump on Blackstairmountain in 2013. Fran rode a few Group 2 winners over in the country and is back in East Asia ahead of the Japan Cup, which takes place this November. They reckons Japanese racing could be the future. They are both two stone heavier than they were last time.

Ruby is back in the UK and welcomes Paddy Power News to his blog. Ruby is not convinced by his fellow podcaster's claim that he was in Japan for the Japan Cup.

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