Davy Russell: 'Toughest challenge' in my recovery lies ahead

The 41-year-old jockey has been on the sidelines since October
Davy Russell: 'Toughest challenge' in my recovery lies ahead

Davy Russell celebrates after steering Envoi Allen to victory in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last March. Russell says riding Envoi Allen that day 'was probably as good a feeling as I've ever got throughout a race'. Picture: Healy Racing

Davy Russell says the "toughest challenge" lies ahead as he continues his recovery from the serious injuries he suffered in a fall in October.

The 41-year-old jockey has been on the sidelines since dislocating and fracturing vertebrae in a first-fence fall in the Munster National at Limerick aboard Doctor Duffy.

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