Hughes hoping for February return Richard Hughes, who has been out of action for over 10 weeks with a broken leg, is confident that he will be back race-riding in February.The English-based Kildare jockey broke his left tibia in a fall at Newmarket on October 6th and will go to hospital on Christmas Eve to have the plaster removed.He said today: 'They will take the pot off so they can see how the injury is progressing and there is a chance that they will leave it off.'But he added with a smile: 'I won`t mind if they leave it on though, I will be going to the Leopardstown meeting over Christmas and there will be a lot of hustle and bustle there you know.'Hughes is retained by Khalid Abdulla and he went on: 'We have had a good year, though unfortunately some of our good horses went wrong, but that is racing I suppose.'I am not getting any pain in the leg really and I haven`t been bored during my absence, I have been watching my father`s (Dessie Hughes) horses work every morning and seeing how they are progressing so that has been very interesting - but I will be glad to get back in the saddle myself.'
