Barry Geraghty’s Punchestown target

Barry Geraghty expects to find out on Tuesday if the Punchestown Festival is a realistic target for his comeback from a broken leg.

Barry Geraghty’s Punchestown target
Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 - 00:00
Nick Robson

Geraghty will miss the Crabbie’s Grand National for the first time since 2000 after suffering a hairline fracture of his shin bone in a fall at Downpatrick on Sunday.

Leading rider at the Aintree meeting since 2011, Geraghty also won the National itself in 2003 with Monty’s Pass.

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