Ruby Walsh has failed in his bid to be fit for the Punchestown Festival next week.
The jockey’s hopes of making the big five-day meeting, which begins next Tuesday, were dashed following results from an X-ray on his right leg that he fractured at Cheltenham last month.
“It is hugely disappointing, but I am looking forward to riding once again in the new season,” Walsh told Racing UK.
Walsh’s latest injury came on day two of the Cheltenham Festival when he had a heavy fall from Al Boum Photo in the RSA Insurance Novices’ Chase.
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He had only returned to competitive action the previous Thursday, having broken the same leg at Punchestown in November.
