Ray Cochrane is hoping to return to race-riding in "about two months" as he recovers from injuries sustained in the plane crash with fellow jockey Frankie Dettori that claimed the life of pilot Patrick Mackey on June 1st.
Still in considerable pain after the crash, Cochrane dismissed reports that he had decided to quit the saddle as "absolute rubbish".
He told the Racing Post: "The swelling on my face has gone down a lot, but my back is giving me a lot of pain.
"I can't sit down properly and when I'm driving I have to be careful as I really have to sit on one side of my backside.
"In the crash, the seatbelt half-wrenched my pelvis, and that area is very bruised. Both my arms are also still badly bruised.
"My doctor has said that I need to take six weeks off to get my back right. If I rush it, it could be six months, so I'm doing what he says.
"I suppose I'm hoping I'll be back in about two months, but we'll just have to see how everything heals up.
"One or two people said that I'd give up race-riding but that was absolute rubbish. I don't see why I can't come back."
Cochrane also admitted to problems in putting the memories of the accident behind him.
"I'm trying to be positive and think about it too much," he added.
"But obviously I do and it's very, very hard. I'm lucky to be alive and you have to be positive."
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