McCoy gets all clear to resume riding

TONY McCoy is counting down the hours to the Cheltenham Festival after being given the all-clear to resume riding from today.

The 12-times champion jockey needed surgery after fracturing two vertebrae in a fall from Arnold Layne in the Classic Chase at Warwick on January 12.

McCoy received a positive verdict on his recovery from his surgeon last week, but had to wait for clearance from the British Horseracing Authority following an independent review on Thursday night.