Double for McCoy on return from eight week lay-off

TONY MCCOY made a perfect return to the saddle after eight weeks on the sidelines with two wins from as many rides at Hereford yesterday.

The champion jockey badly broke his right wrist in a fall from the ill-fated Sporting Limerick at the Galway Festival on August 2.

But he showed he had lost none of his old magic when bringing up his 50 for the season with an all-the-way win on 8-11 shot Absolutelythebest in the opening World Bet Exchange wbx.com Novices’ Hurdle.