Walsh: There's only one Annie Ruby Walsh has backed Annie Power to make a swift recovery after lameness saw her ruled out of a big-race assignment at Fairyhouse on Sunday. The star mare, trained by Willie Mullins, was declared for the Bar One Racing Hatton´s Grace Hurdle but she was taken out of the race shortly afterwards. Walsh will now ride stablemate Zaidpour in the Grade One over two and a half miles. The jockey told the Irish Examiner: "As I headed to Newbury (on Thursday morning) the news filtered through about Annie Power being lame behind and it really was the last thing I wanted to hear. "Annie is a great mare and would certainly have been a short price for the Hatton's Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse. "She has won 11 of her 12 races and I was particularly looking forward to riding her. " Hopefully, she will be back before too long. "Zaidpour is a decent horse in his own right, but there is only one Annie."
