Ruby Walsh returns after four-month injury lay-off

Walsh rode Hail Caesar to a top-three finish

Top Irish jump jockey Ruby Walsh rode Hail Caesar to third at Roscommon on his return to racing after four months out with a broken arm.

Hail Caesar, which went off as the 8-11 favourite, finished behind winner Save My Blushes and Lady Samphire in the Owen Dervin and Sons Hurdle.

Walsh, 31, fractured his left arm in three places after a crashing fall at Aintree on Grand National day in April.

He fell from hurdler Celestial Halo in a race before the National.

Walsh missed the ride on leading National contender Big Fella Thanks, who finished fourth.

While he was taken to hospital, the public backed his great friend Tony McCoy, who duly won the Aintree marathon at the 15th attempt on Don't Push It.

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Along with McCoy, Walsh is considered one of the great National Hunt jockeys of his generation.

He rides regularly for both Mullins in Ireland and Paul Nicholls in the UK.

The Kildare-born rider has enjoyed some of his greatest successes with the Nicholls-trained Kauto Star, who has won the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice and the King George VI Chase four times.

Walsh won the National in 2000 on Papillon, who was trained by his father.