Cheltenham the aim for injured McCoy

TONY McCoy is hoping to be fit for the Cheltenham Festival despite suffering a back injury in a fall at Warwick on Saturday.

The champion jockey fractured a vertebrae when parting company with Arnold Layne in the totesport.com Classic Chase, prompting fears he could miss the Festival.

However, McCoy’s personal assistant Gee Bradburne issued an upbeat bulletin on his condition yesterday morning.