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Tony McCoy is back in action with two rides at Chepstow on Saturday.
The champion jockey took a break from the saddle after feeling the effects of a crashing fall at Worcester earlier this month.
He returns on the potentially exciting Son Du Berlais in the totepool Persian War Novices' Hurdle for Nicky Henderson in the silks of his boss JP McManus.
The French import was an effortless winner at Newton Abbot last month and immediately steps up in class.
Frank Berry, racing manger to McManus, said: "Nicky is very happy with him. He's come out of the (Newton Abbot) race well and he's looking forward to running him."
In what looks a good renewal, seven of the eight runners won last time out.
Those include the Paul Nicholls-trained Vicente, who scored at Cheltenham last week, and the progressive course and distance winner Relentless Dreamer for Rebecca Curtis.
McCoy is also in the McManus colours on Regal Encore in the £40,000 totepoolliveinfo.com Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle.
Second in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper to Briar Hill in 2013, the Anthony Honeyball-trained gelding was expected to take high rank among last season's novice hurdlers.
It never quite happened for him, although it later transpired that Honeyball's string were suffering from a virus for most of the season.
He still managed to finish fourth in the Imperial Cup at Sandown and it just may be that the six-year-old is a well handicapped horse this season for a trainer who has started the campaign in great form.
"I was pleased with him when he won at Plumpton and he ran some nice races, but I think there's a lot more to come. Hopefully we'll find out this season, but he has a bit to prove now," Honeyball said.
