Mark Walsh thanked the medics who helped him get back in the Cheltenham Festival winners’ enclosure five weeks after he broke his neck.
Walsh, who is retained in Ireland by JP McManus, faced a race against time to get back for the all important meeting after taking a heavy fall at the Dublin Racing Festival in February.
He was only fit enough to return to action last weekend and he repaid his supporters when driving old-timer Sire Du Berlais to a surprise victory in the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle.
