McCoy confident of making Cheltenham Festival

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.

The champion jockey was taken to the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath for X-rays which confirmed the damage, and was later allowed to go home.

His personal assistant, Gee Armytage, said: “He has fractured his left cheekbone in three places and he is on his way home. He will be seeing a maxillofacial surgeon in the morning. “He hopes to be back riding as soon as Dr Turner (the Jockey Club’s chief medical adviser) will allow, in the very near future.”