Lee can’t wait to jump to it after his injury hell

Graham Lee is set to return to race riding this week after being given the all-clear by the BHA's chief medical adviser Dr Michael Turner.

Lee has had a miserable time in 2008, suffering a broken jaw that forced him to miss the Cheltenham and Aintree festivals before making a return only to sprain his wrist in June.

On returning from that injury, the stable jockey to Ferdy Murphy had a nasty fall at Hexham in July and has been signed off with concussion ever since.

However, the 33-year-old has come through several neurological tests and will make his return at Hexham on Friday, having ridden out for Murphy for the past month.

He said: "I am feeling 100 per cent. I'm fully fit, the batteries are recharged and I can't wait to get going again.

"I would have liked to be riding at Sedgefield tomorrow but there was nothing for me, so hopefully I will be back at Hexham on Friday.