U-turn gives Fehily late reprieve

NOEL Fehily looks to have earned a late reprieve to ride at Cheltenham’s big two-day meeting which gets under way today.

Fehily suffered a wrist injury when falling at last month’s Hennessy Gold Cup meeting at Newbury, but had hoped to return to action at Prestbury Park.

Fehily had been schooling at Paul Nicholls’ yard on Thursday morning and was shocked when initially told by British Horseracing Authority chief medical advisor Dr Michael Turner he would not be able to ride at the weekend.