Dane O'Neill back from injury at Bath on Wednesday night

Dane O'Neill: out for nearly two monthsCredit: Warren Little

Dane O'Neill is to resume race-riding at Bath tomorrow evening after nearly two months out with a wedge fracture to his back that caused him to miss Royal Ascot.

Second jockey to Hamdan Al Maktoum, O'Neill is booked to ride the owner's Mubajal in the Giving People A Sporting Chance Maiden Stakes.

O'Neill sustained his fracture when unshipped from the Roger Varian-trained Mutarajjil on the way to start at Nottingham on May 17.

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David MilnesNewmarket correspondent

Published on 4 July 2016inNews

Last updated 13:03, 4 July 2016

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