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Minella Rocco makes a seasonal bow at Punchestown on Thursday

Geraghty relishing Rocco reunion at Punchestown

Minella Rocco makes his first appearance since finishing second in last season's Cheltenham Gold Cup in the Irish Daily Star Chase at Punchestown on Thursday.

Racing • 18 Oct 17

Barry Geraghty will be out of action for the next three weeks

Barry Geraghty sidelined with shoulder fracture

Barry Geraghty is set for a further three weeks on the sidelines after it was discovered he had sustained a hairline fracture of his shoulder blade in a fall at Killarney last week.

Racing • 03 Sep 17

Barry Geraghty has a bad year with injury

Geraghty sidelined again after Killarney fall

Barry Geraghty is likely to be out of action for a week following a bad fall at Killarney on Saturday.

Racing • 27 Aug 17

Barry Geraghty is back in the saddle next week

Geraghty given all-clear for Galway Festival

Barry Geraghty has been given the all-clear to return to the saddle ahead of the upcoming Galway Festival.

Racing • 21 Jul 17

$Barry Geraghty will have surgery on a fractured left humerus on Tuesday$

Barry Geraghty breaks arm after Irish National fall

Barry Geraghty is set for another lengthy injury lay-off after breaking his arm in a fall at Fairyhouse on Monday.

Racing • 17 Apr 17

Defi Du Seuil (L) passed Divin Bere to win

Geraghty steers Defi Du Seuil to seven from seven

Defi Du Seuil claimed his third top-level success after completing a Cheltenham Festival and Aintree double in grinding out victory in the Doom Bar Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle.

Racing • 06 Apr 17

Yanworth will go in the Ryanair Stayers Liverpool Hurdle

Yanworth goes for McManus in Ryanair Stayers

Yanworth is the chosen representative of JP McManus in the Ryanair Stayers Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree on Saturday.

Racing • 06 Apr 17

Barry Geraghty will partner More Of That in Saturday's Grand National

Barry Geraghty goes for More Of That at Aintree

Barry Geraghty is set to ride More Of That in Saturday's Randox Health Grand National at Aintree.

Racing • 05 Apr 17

Barry Geraghty won the Grand National on Monty's Pass in 2003

Geraghty returning to the saddle on Sunday

Barry Geraghty has announced he will be fit to ride at next week's Randox Health Grand National Festival at Aintree.

Racing • 30 Mar 17

Barry Geraghty is hoping to be back in action in time for the Aintree Grand National

Barry Geraghty waits on scan to learn Aintree fate

Barry Geraghty will have to wait a few more days before finding out whether he will be given the all-clear to return to action in time for next week's Aintree Grand National meeting.

Racing • 28 Mar 17

Barry Geraghty and Monty's Pass (19) on the way to Grand National glory in 2003

Geraghty hoping scan results point to Aintree return

Barry Geraghty is hoping an upcoming scan will show he's on course to return to the saddle for next month's Grand National meeting at Aintree.

Racing • 22 Mar 17

Geraghty will be watching Cheltenham from home on television

Geraghty: I won't have voodoo doll out for Walsh

Barry Geraghty admits he briefly thought about trying to ride at Cheltenham before realising that broken ribs and a collapsed lung would rule him out.

Racing • 10 Mar 17

Ruby Walsh is hoping for a big year at Cheltenham

Nerves kicking in for Ruby as Cheltenham approaches

Ruby Walsh admits the nerves are kicking in at Willie Mullins' yard as the Cheltenham Festival looms ever nearer.

Racing • 04 Mar 17

Unowhatimeanharry is a general 5-4 shot for the Stayers' Hurdle

Unowhatimeanharry ride still up for grabs

Trainer Harry Fry is not yet in a position to confirm who will replace the sidelined Barry Geraghty aboard Sun Bet Stayers' Hurdle favourite Unowhatimeanharry.

Racing • 03 Mar 17

Barry Geraghty has been the leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival on two occasions

Geraghty to miss Cheltenham Festival

Barry Geraghty will miss the Cheltenham Festival after suffering a collapsed lung and six fractured ribs in a fall at Kempton on Saturday.

Racing • 26 Feb 17

Jezki impressed on the way to victory in Navan

Geraghty delighted with Jezki's Navan run

Barry Geraghty feels it was difficult to fault Jezki's first run for nearly two years at Navan.

Racing • 24 Jan 17

Barry Geraghty rides Yanworth clear to take the Christmas Hurdle in Kempton

Geraghty guides Yanworth home in Christmas Hurdle

Yanworth ran out an authoritative winner of the 32Red.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton.

Racing • 26 Dec 16

Barry Geraghty and Unowhatimeanharry push on for victory as Ballyoptic falls at the final flight

Unowhatimeanharry delivers knockout in Long Walk

Unowhatimeanharry extended his winning sequence to seven with a wide-margin success in the JLT Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot.

Racing • 17 Dec 16

Barry Geraghty celebrates on Ivanovich Gorbatov after winning the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham this season

Geraghty set to return from the sidelines

Barry Geraghty is nearing the end of his road to recovery from a broken arm as the National Hunt season prepares to crank up a gear.

Racing • 20 Sep 16

Barry Geraghty in action at Punchestown last April

Geraghty 'in good form' but no return date set

Barry Geraghty is well on the road to recovery after breaking his right arm in a fall at Market Rasen last month, although no return date as been set for the Meath man.

Racing • 04 Aug 16

Jer's Girl ridden by Barry Geraghty en route to winning the EBF Mares Novice Hurdle

Jer's Girl notches resounding Fairyhouse success

Jer's Girl ran out a most impressive winner of the Grade 1 Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final at Fairyhouse.

Racing • 27 Mar 16

Barry Geraghty aboard What's The Scoop after the horse veered violently to the left on the run-in at Sandown

VIDEO: Geraghty stunned after bizarre Scoop finish

A bewildered Barry Geraghty said What's The Scoop "just panicked" in a bizarre finish to the two-mile novices' hurdle at Sandown, as his mount darted off course to throw away a certain victory.

Racing • 11 Mar 16

Nicky Henderson pictured with My Tent Or Yours (L) and Bobs Worth last year

No retained rider for Nicky Henderson

Nicky Henderson has confirmed he will not be appointing a replacement for Barry Geraghty, who bowed out as stable jockey to take up a role as retained rider for owner JP McManus in June.

Racing • 05 Aug 15

Geraghty (pictured) was snapped up as McManus' retained jockey following the retirement of AP McCoy

Geraghty claims first win for new boss McManus

Barry Geraghty expressed his satisfaction after claiming a first victory for new boss JP McManus at Roscommon.

Racing • 07 Jul 15

Barry Geraghty hoping for weekend return

Barry Geraghty remains hopeful of making his debut as retained jockey to leading owner JP McManus this weekend - despite being admitted to hospital with a kidney stone on Tuesday.

Racing • 01 Jul 15