Ruby Walsh hoping to be back riding in February ahead of the Cheltenham Festival

RUBY WALSH is hoping to return to the saddle next month as he continues to recover from a broken leg.

Walsh has been on the sidelines since taking a heavy fall from Let's Dance at Punchestown on November 18.

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The top jockey is confident he will be back in plenty of time before the Cheltenham Festival.

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He told Racing UK: "I'd say it's looking mid to late February (for a return to action) - that would be the plan.

"The physio is going well and the doctors are happy with the bone.

"It's essentially 12 weeks for the bone to heal and then how many ever weeks it takes you to get right.

"Seven and a half (weeks) done, seven and a half to go."