Brian Storey, who has been sidelined through injury for three months, is on course to return to race riding in mid March.
Storey broke his left thigh in a fall from Stormy Fable at Hexham on November 5th and said today: "I have been to see my consultant Hugh Barber and he is very pleased with the way the injury is healing.
"I am able to put a bit of weight on the leg now and I am down to one crutch - it is going great and I will go back and see Mr Barber at the beginning of March for more x-rays to make sure everything is going all right.
"It has been a very frustrating time and I knew it was going to be a long job but at least I have a good idea of when I will be back and I should think it will be just after Cheltenham."
