Irish jockey Mark Walsh to have injury assessed after Cheltenham

Mark Walsh is to see consultant orthopaedic surgeon Paddy Kenny on Tuesday to assess the progress on the left leg he fractured in a fall in the opening race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Walsh was partnering Consul De Thaix in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle when the horse suffered a fatal fall at the sixth-last flight.