Nicholls wants Walsh for Turko Paul Nicholls is doing his best to secure the services of Ruby Walsh for Turko, whom he fancies "quite strongly" for the John Smith´s Grand National on Saturday. However, the champion trainer fears the worst as Walsh is already pencilled in for the ride on 2005 winner Hedgehunter in the Aintree feature. Nicholls said: "I´ve been trying my damnedest to prise Ruby off Hedgehunter to ride Turko. "I really fancy him quite strongly but I don´t have a jockey at the moment. I don´t think I´ll be successful on the Ruby front so we´ll have to see. "His form in the Lexus Chase and in the Ryanair looks good. There are a lot of horses above him who wouldn´t have run so well in those types of races - you couldn´t see Mr Pointment finishing third in the Lexus or the Ryanair. "I´m really quite keen on him. He wants to go left-handed and he wants good ground, he´s got lots of ticks in the right boxes," the Ditcheat handler told Racing UK. "I´ve just got to persuade Andy (Stewart, owner) and hope we can find a suitable jockey." David Pipe could saddle up to five runners in the four-and-a-half-miler, with Comply Or Die and Joaaci both fancied to acquit themselves well. Pipe said: "We left them all in today, bar Over The Creek, and hopefully they´ll all run. "Timmy (Murphy) hasn´t told us which one he´s going to ride yet but Tom Scudamore will probably be on Madison Du Berlais. Johnny Farrelly will be on Joaaci and we´re working on the others. "To be realistic, you´d have to go for Comply Or Die as he is the 10-1 third favourite. "He´s won over four miles and one furlong and Joaaci could just have a squeak. "He´s hard to get right but if he was to put his best foot forward he looks a big price."
