DAVY Russell rode his first Cheltenham Festival winner on Native Jack in the 2006 Cross Country Chase. It is amazing to think that only until last year’s Festival, the Cork jockey had rode at least one winner at every Festival since his first.

The equals a tally of 22 Festival successes for the 41-year-old which makes him the third most successful jockey still riding, behind Barry Geraghty (38) and Richard Johnson (23), and leaves him sixth on the all-time list.