McCoy detained in hospital after Cheltenham fall

Champion jockey Tony McCoy was kept in hospital overnight for observation following a fall at Cheltenham yestersday.

McCoy was partnering the Nicky Henderson-trained Quantitativeeasing in the Barbury International Horse Trials Handicap Hurdle when the gelding stumbled at the second flight, throwing McCoy into the air.

While he was conscious after the fall, he had to be stretchered off the track and was given oxygen on his way to the medical room by ambulance.