McCoy returns to action

Racing: Tony McCoy finally returns to action with two mounts at Fontwell today after two agonising months sidelined with a broken…

Racing: Tony McCoy finally returns to action with two mounts at Fontwell today after two agonising months sidelined with a broken arm.

The record-breaking champion jump jockey rides Flying Spirit for Brighton trainer Gary Moore in the Saltwell Signs Novices' Hurdle and then resumes his position as stable jockey to Martin Pipe on Enitsag in the Donatello Pizzeria Ristorante Brighton Selling Hurdle.

He broke his right arm when his mount Kymberlya slipped on the final bend of the Rose Hill School Handicap Hurdle at Worcester on June 18th.

His comeback has been delayed as he needed a total of five operations on his damaged arm.

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But he has been riding out and is ready to claw back the 18-winner lead (54-36) his arch- rival Richard Johnson holds on him.

"It's back to normal, fingers crossed," his agent Dave Roberts said yesterday.

"He has the two rides at Fontwell and two or three at the moment at Worcester on Saturday."