Punters count on Ruby winning and Jewell losing on Boxing Day

I'VE always wondered whether Ruby Walsh's dad was a big fan of Johnny Cash. Perhaps he took to heart the message in that timeless classic A Boy Named Sue, suggesting that saddling a son with a feminine name ensures he grows up rootin'-tootin' tough and ornery. It certainly seems to have worked in the case of arguably the most stylish and courageous National Hunt jockey of his generation. And who's to say that his burly brothers Brenda, Lucy and Teresa-Jane won't prove equ

Barring accidents, Ruby takes the love of a few million hungover punters to town, or at least Kempton Park, on Boxing Day when he rides the odds-on favourite and 2006 winner Kauto Star in the King George.

Supposedly the third string in the jumps ...