Brendan Powell jnr hopes to make a swift return to action once he has sat out the mandatory 21 days after being knocked unconscious at Southwell on Sunday.

Christian Williams is not far away from making a return to race riding after suffering a horrendous fall more than a year ago.

TONY McCOY broke his cheekbone in three places in a fall at Plumpton yesterday, but is still confident of making the Cheltenham Festival in just over four weeks’ time.