No looking back for returning Walsh

Ruby Walsh makes a low-key return to action after four months out with a broken leg when he has just the one ride at Newbury tomorrow.

Walsh partners the promising Don’t Turn Bach for Paul Nicholls in the Elle Security Novices’ Handicap Hurdle as he gears himself towards the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday week.

Walsh has been sidelined since sustaining his injury in a fall from Corrick Bridge at Down Royal in early November just over an hour after winning the JNwine.com Champion Chase on Kauto Star.

His absence has cost him plenty of big-race winners for Nicholls and his other retained trainer Willie Mullins in Ireland.

Walsh was in action on Sunday when riding in the traditional Cheltenham schooling session after racing at Leopardstown, and has been riding out regularly for his father Ted as well as for Mullins and Nicholls.