Davy Russell targets Cheltenham return to action

Davy Russell. Photo: Healy Racing

Davy Russell is targeting a Cheltenham return as he takes the next step in his recovery from a neck injury that doctors told him would leave 90% of people in a wheelchair, by sitting on a horse for the first time since taking a crashing fall in the Munster National at Limerick on October 11.

Russell suffered fractures the C6 and C7 vertebrae and suffered a dislocation of the T1 that required him to be put in traction.