Davy Russell has made the shock announcement he is to come out of retirement less than four weeks after quitting the sport.
The 43-year-old, who stepped down on December 18, has performed a u-turn in order to cover for Jack Kennedy while the leader in the Irish jump jockeys’ championship is on the sidelines with a broken leg.
Kennedy could be out for several weeks after breaking his leg for the fifth time in a fall on Sunday, although his boss Gordon Elliott was confident he would be fit for the Cheltenham Festival.
