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11th March 2018
10:47pm GMT

"Things change, the Ryanair has cut up. We've kept our options open and it is worth considering. You have to react to what is around you," he said to Nick Luck on Sunday.https://twitter.com/PAracing/status/972806433011060738 This would mean that Douvan would come up against Mullins' other stable star Un De Sceaux, a 20 time winner over rules and the first to pass the post in last year's Ryanair Chase. Ruby Walsh has enjoyed some of his best days in the saddle aboard these two class acts, and if he was forced to choose between them it would surely rank as one of the toughest decisions he's had to face in his horse racing career. It is worth nothing, however, that the most successful jockey in Cheltenham Festival history rarely if ever makes a wrong choice in these scenarios, and his decision will be a strong indication of the best equipped horse to land the spoils. Famously, he choose correctly between Kauto Star and Denman in the 2009 Gold Cup, with the Star justifying Ruby's call as he Clive Smith's horse went onto win that one with 13 lengths to spare. He also made the right call more recently in 2015 when he choose Faugheen over Hurricane Fly in the 2015 Champion Hurdle. This will be up there with those ones. It is expected that he would choose Un De Sceaux with Douvan somewhat an unknown quantity with no race under his belt at all this season. Stranger things have happened, however. Who would you choose if you were in his position?
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