Rachael Blackmore back in the saddle after three months out with neck injury

Rachael Blackmore will return from a near three-month absence aboard Slade Steel at Naas on Monday.

The Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey has been sidelined since sustaining a neck injury in a fall from the Henry de Bromhead-trained Hand Over Fist at Downpatrick on 20 September.

Blackmore will be teaming up with a familiar ally in Slade Steel on her first ride back, with the pair having won the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

The six-year-old was partnered by Darragh O’Keeffe when second on his chasing debut last month, but Blackmore will again take the reins in the Bar One Racing '100% Acca Boost On Self Service Terminals’ Beginners Chase.

Blackmore has a second ride on the card for De Bromhead as Belle The Tigress contests the Gener8 Engineering Mares Maiden Hurdle having finished fifth on her first attempt last month.