Fort Defiance laid out for Bumper

IT’S nice to be back with you this morning, if only briefly, having been on the sidelines of this great game of ours since last April.

As you know, I broke my arm in three places when taking a crashing fall off Celestial Halo at Aintree on April 10 and was ruled out of Galway, after visiting orthopaedic surgeon, Bill Quinlan, in Dublin last Monday.

I could have pushed it and ridden at Galway, but my arm is just not perfect yet and needs more time, probably three weeks or so.