Ruby Walsh: HRI must stand up and be counted or else Thurles will be lost forever

 A view of Thurles Racecourse in 2020. Pic: Ryan Byrne, Inpho
I doubt too many in the Irish racing world expected to wake up Friday morning after the drama of Thursday’s Galway Hurdle to the news that Thurles race course was closing down.
It is the third track to close its doors in my lifetime, but Tralee closed in a property-play move, and so did the Phoenix Park.