Paul Carberry will be back in action on Thursday after escaping serious injury in a fall at Navan on Sunday.

The jockey was taken to Navan General Hospital after receiving kicks to the head and lower back in a tumble from Third Agenda in the EBF Novice Chase but xrays revealed only soft-tissue damage.

"I'm not too bad, just a bit bruised that's all," Carberry said yesterday. "I'll be back at Thurles on Thursday."

Carberry is currently in joint-second place behind Barry Geraghty in the jumps jockeys' championship.

His bookings at Thurles could include Bobbyjo, trained by his father, who will run over hurdles this week as he continues his preparation for a bid to repeat last year's win in the Aintree Grand National.

Tommy Carberry said yesterday: "I have him in the Devil's Bit Handicap Hurdle at Thurles on Thursday and he's also entered in both meetings at the weekend.

"He is in the Brown McCann Handicap Hurdle at Naas on Saturday and he is also in the Sutherland River handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday. "I won't make a decision until nearer the time but he will run in one of those races."

Bobbyjo's only outing this season was over hurdles at Fairyhouse in January.

Johnjo O'Neill has booked Tony McCoy to ride Legal Right, who makes a surprise return to action in the Jim Ford Challenge Cup Chase at Wincanton on Thursday.

O'Neill: "It is never easy to be able to book Tony so we are delighted to have him on our side."

It had been expected that the Legal Right, winner of the Tripleprint Gold Cup at Cheltenham in December, would go straight to the Festival for the Cathcart Chase or possibly the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup.

However, O'Neill said : "He'll go to Wincanton and we'll see how we get on from there - we're looking forward to it.

"Hopefully he'll then go to Cheltenham. He always needs a run or two to tune him in so I think it's better to give him a run rather than racecourse gallop him."

Legal Right has a history of injury problems and O'Neill added: "We were probably frightened to take a chance with him before but now we're just bashing away."