Gold Cup and Grand National-winning jockey Davy Russell announced his immediate retirement from the saddle following victory at Thurles on Sunday.
Russell, 43, took victory aboard Gordon Elliott’s Liberty Mare in the Mares Novice Hurdle and on his return to the paddock said it was his last race.
He won the 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Lord Windermere and the Grand National on Tiger Roll in 2018 and 2019.
“It’s great to do it here,” said Russell after his final win.
Russell sustained a serious neck…
