Walsh unlikely to be fit for Listowel

IT is unlikely Ruby Walsh will return in time for the Listowel festival, which begins on Sunday week.

Walsh has been on the injured list since suffering a crushed vertebra in his neck and torn ligaments in a fall from Friendly Society in a hurdle race at Killarney on July 12.

He missed the Galway festival, for the second consecutive year through injury, but was hoping to be back for Listowel.