Talking Horses: Lizzie Kelly has eyes on main prize aboard Festival winner


Sidelined since breaking her arm, Kelly has been cleared to ride Siruh Du Lac in Saturdays BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham

If the long wait for the positive news from Cheltenham on Friday seemed unbearable, spare a thought for Lizzie Kelly. Sidelined since breaking her arm in a fall on 10 October, Kelly had just been passed fit to ride Siruh Du Lac, her front-running Festival winner earlier in the year, in todays BetVictor Gold Cup, when suddenly the recent downpours in the west country threatened to intervene.

Hed be the perfect comeback ride, Kelly said. So long as you get the fractions right, then hes easy, an easy ride that makes it difficult for everyone else.

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