JP McManus retained rider Mark Walsh faces a nervous wait over his fitness ahead of the Cheltenham festival.
The 36-year-old only returned to the saddle on Saturday after a rough festive period which saw him suffer several heavy falls, although he did ride a Grade One winner on Saint Roi. His rides at Leopardstown at the weekend were his first of 2023 and he rode Perceval Legallois to victory in a big handicap hurdle.
However, on his first ride of day two of the festival, he fell at the fifth in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy Mullins Mares Handicap Hurdle and Walsh was taken immediately to hospital.
