Irish jockey Chris Meehan on the comeback trail

Chris Meehan, the jockey who hit the headlines after being run over by an ambulance, rode out for the first time on Wednesday.

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