Casey gets the all clear for Snowy Morning ride

DAVID CASEY has been cleared to ride in the John Smith’s Grand National on Saturday despite taking a bad fall at Fairyhouse on Monday.

Casey, who is due to partner the Willie Mullins-trained Snowy Morning at Aintree, parted company from the ill-fated An Cathaoir Mor at the penultimate fence of the Arkle Bar Novice Handicap Chase.

The rider was feared to have suffered a fractured pelvis and was taken to the James Connolly Memorial Hospital in Blanchardstown, but subsequent X-rays revealed he had not sustained a break.