RACING NEWS:RUBY WALSH has been given the all-clear to return to action at Roscommon on Monday after being sidelined with a broken arm for just over four months.

The jockey sustained the injury in a fall from Celestial Halo in the Aintree Hurdle at Liverpool on Grand National day in April.

He had hoped to make his comeback at the Galway Festival three weeks earlier, but his surgeon Bill Quinlan advised him to wait a bit longer.

“He went to see his surgeon, Mr Quinlan, on Wednesday and he gave him the all-clear to resume at Roscommon next Monday,” Jennifer, his sister and agent, said.

“It wasn’t actually the fall that caused the damage. It was a horse coming along behind him and stood on top of him and broke his arm in three places.

“It was the three breaks that took the time to heal which is why it has taken longer.

“Ruby went back last Wednesday and the surgeon is 100 per cent happy with it.

“He’s been riding out for the past 10 days for his Dad (Ted) and at Willie Mullins’ yard, so he’s ready to go on Monday.”

Elsewhere, John Gosden’s star mare Dar Re Mi has been ruled out of next week’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks.

The three-time Group One winner was forced to miss last month’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes due to a foot problem and connections feel she would not be fit enough to do herself justice next week due to the work she missed.

Despite Dar Re Mi’s absence, 10 high-class fillies remain in York’s Group One contest on August 19th.

Last year’s dual Oaks winner Sariska has been left in by Michael Bell, while Nassau Stakes heroine Midday could line up for Henry Cecil. This year’s Oaks winner Snow Fairy and the runner-up Meeznah are both in contention, while Barshiba, Flying Cloud, Profound Beauty, Eleanora Duse and Hibaayeb are all possibles.