Geraghty hopeful of making Punchestown

Barry Geraghty’s hopes of making the Punchestown Festival rest on a meeting with his surgeon in four weeks’ time.

Geraghty suffered a hairline fracture of his left shin bone in a fall at Downpatrick on Sunday.

As a result he will miss the Grand National for the first time since 2000 and will also be absent from the Irish equivalent at Fairyhouse.