McCoy back with a bang

Tony McCoy proved his fitness ahead of some high-profile rides at the weekend when making a winning return to action on Ursis at Wetherby this afternoon, just nine days after dislocating his thumb.

The champion jockey, who is due to ride First Gold in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup and Baracouda in the Ballymore Properties Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury on Saturday, got his thumb stuck in the reins when he was thrown from Flying Patriarch before the Daily Mail Juvenile Hurdle at Folkestone.