McCoy likely to step in for De Boinville on Coneygree

Champion jockey Tony McCoy is in line for the spare ride on Coneygree in next weekend’s Betfair Denman Chase at Newbury as regular partner Nico de Boinville is suspended.

The impressive Feltham Novices’ Chase winner was due to take on his elders at Cheltenham last weekend in the race won by Many Clouds, but a late minor setback forced connections into plan B.

Well fancied for the RSA Chase at Cheltenham, an ambitious tilt at the Gold Cup will be considered were he to win well at the Berkshire track.