Hoping to beat the odds and be back for The New One

The New One is gunning for an unprecedented fourth win in the International Hurdle at Cheltenham next Saturday and I want to be on his back.

Unfortunately, it’s not quite as straightforward as that. My surgeon has told me I can ride again on Monday week – two days after the International – but surely if I can prove that I have healed well, what difference will a couple of days make?

I realise I am going to upset a lot of people in trying to achieve my aim, including my physio Emma Edwards at Oaksey House, but The New One is a once-in-a-lifetime horse.