Walsh takes aim at jockeys' title Ruby Walsh plans to step up his pursuit of a 10th Irish jockeys' championship crown. Walsh currently trails the injured Mark Walsh and Paul Townend in the table, but intends to give it his best shot of retaining a title he won last season. He told the Irish Examiner: "I suppose it is the time to start thinking about the possibility of chasing the champion jockeys' title, too." He added: "I'm in shouting distance so I will give it a go now. "I was out for four months at the beginning of the season when I had the operation on my shoulder, having held off on it until June so I could ride in Punchestown and Auteuil. "That gave me a little bit of an uphill climb but I am only six winners behind the unfortunate Mark Walsh, who broke his arm at the end of February, and just two in arrears of Paul Townend. "If I got a little bit of luck in the next three or four weeks, I would have a good chance. "But things will have to happen."
