Riding High

DAVY Russell was understandably still delighted on bank holiday Monday after a great win on day three of the Cheltenham Festival.

The 32-year-old won the Jewson Novices Chase on Sir Des Champs, a horse trained by Willie Mullins. “I’m still over the moon. Cheltenham’s a very difficult place to get winners,” he says.

Did he expect to do so well? “Yeah, he’s a nice horse. I was looking forward to him running.”