Casey hoping to rule supreme in Hennessy despite bad break

Bad knocks? David Casey knows all about the routine.

In fact he's too familiar with it, having just spent twelve weeks recovering from a double leg fracture at Wexford when his mount, Mountain Snow, fell on top of him, after falling at the first fence in a handicap hurdle.

"It looked very nasty at the time," he concedes. "But luckily the hospital in Wexford is directly opposite the race track, so I was brought over there very quickly. One of the first things I did was ring (surgeon) Paddy Kenny who had looked after me when I broke my wrist. I told him what had happened and he told me to get straight to Blanchardstown and that he'd operate the following morning."