DAVY Russell is targeting a return to competitive action around September time as he continues to recover from a long-term injury.

Russell has been on the sidelines since dislocating and fracturing vertebrae when taking a fall in the Munster National last October. He initially had hoped to be back in time for the Cheltenham Festival but ran out of time for that meeting and the Punchestown Festival, and now will miss out on Galway as well.