Festival the aim for injured McCoy

Tony McCoy is hoping to be fit for the Cheltenham Festival, despite suffering a back injury in a fall at Warwick yesterday.

Festival the aim for injured McCoy
Sun, 13 Jan, 2008 - 11:49

Tony McCoy is hoping to be fit for the Cheltenham Festival, despite suffering a back injury in a fall at Warwick yesterday.

The champion jockey fractured a vertebra when parting company with Arnold Layne in the totesport.com Classic Chase, prompting fears he could miss the Festival.

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