McCoy looks for double on comeback

RACING/Wetherby preview: Tony McCoy makes a quicker than expected return to the saddle at Wetherby today after suffering a dislocated…

RACING/Wetherby preview: Tony McCoy makes a quicker than expected return to the saddle at Wetherby today after suffering a dislocated thumb and is fancied to bounce back on a winning note.

The champion jockey partners two runners for his boss Jonjo O'Neill - Ursis and She's No Muppet - and both look to have sound claims in their respective races.

French recruit Ursis makes his hurdling debut in the Countryside Juvenile Novices' Hurdle, having run well in a couple of Listed contests in France.

She's No Muppet made a promising start to her racing career with a win at Warwick earlier this month and she can follow up in the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales/EBF Mares' National Hunt Flat race.

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The four-year-old beat a moderate bunch by six lengths and although the race wouldn't have taken too much winning, she pulled clear in really good style and probably won with a bit in hand.

This looks a more competitive heat but O'Neill and McCoy are always a force to be reckoned with and the nine-times title holder would like nothing more than to come back with a victory or two.

Oneway beat subsequent easy dual winner Colonel Frank on his first run this year and he merits huge consideration in the Rocom BT Network Handicap Chase.

Mark Rimell's charge was a ready six-length winner at Worcester, seeing off subsequent dual winner Colonel Frank with the minimum of fuss off a low weight. That is a solid line of form to take into this two-mile race.

At Lingfield, Trabolgan will be an interesting contender as he returns from a long lay-off in the Wilman Interiors Beginners' Chase.