Doctors overseeing Peter Toole are set to bring the injured conditional rider out of his induced coma.

The 22-year-old suffered bleeding on the right side of his brain when 100-1 shot Classic Fly fell at the first fence during the Maghull Novices' Chase at Aintree on Saturday.

Toole was taken to Fazakerley Hospital, near the course, but was later transferred to the neighbouring Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

He is attached to Charlie Mann's yard in Lambourn and the trainer said on his Twitter page this evening: "Peter Toole has had a CT scan this afternoon. Doctors are happy for him to gradually come out of his induced coma through the night."

Mann had said earlier in the afternoon: "They need to give him a CT scan.

"They won't wake him up until they have done the scan and if the CT is going to be late they'll probably do it tomorrow, so there's no change as it stands."

Weighing-room colleague David Crosse tweeted that he had spoken to Mann and that Toole "is now coming off the drugs that are keeping him asleep, hopefully will have more good news tomorrow".