McCoy out for Cheltenham Open meeting

Tony McCoy is set to miss Cheltenham’s Open meeting and has resigned himself to being out of action for around two weeks due to the recurrence of an injury suffered at Worcester a month ago.

The 19-times champion jockey was initially sidelined for a short spell after taking a crashing fall from the Rebecca Curtis-trained Keep Presenting on October 9, before returning only to be stood down after riding at Wetherby the following week.

McCoy (pictured) had been in action every day since the start of the month, but he aggravated the injury in a fall from If In Doubt at Exeter on Tuesday, although he did ride at Chepstow on Wednesday.