Jockey run over by ambulance hopes to be back in the saddle in 6-8 weeks

"Things are going well. I had the operation and it's just a case of recovery now."

Chris Meehan, the jockey who hit the headlines after being run over by an ambulance, hopes to return to competitive action within the next two months.

The 22-year-old conditional rider from County Down suffered a nasty fall at Merano racecourse in Italy at the start of the month, getting a kick to the face that knocked him unconscious and causing him to need 27 stitches to a gash along his jaw.