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.

However, those injuries paled into insignificance as the ambulance that arrived on the scene to treat him reversed over his outstretched leg and came to rest …

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