Australian jockey Gavin McKeon is making pleasing progress two months after suffering severe head injuries in a fall at Otaki in New Zealand.

"I'm having physio and other treatment and I'm feeling a lot better," said McKeon.

"I still get very tired at times, but the doctors say that is to be expected with head injuries.

"It's just a matter of time and I'll come right. I am getting better each week."

McKeon was injured when his mount Henry Daniel clipped heels nearing the home turn and dropped suddenly, throwing the jockey head-first into the turf.

He was then hit by other horses mixed up in the melee.

McKeon was placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit at Palmerston North Hospital,

He was moved to a neurological ward after coming out of the coma and was transferred to Waikato Hospital.

Doctors gave him the all-clear to be transferred to a Hamilton rehabilitation centre on New Year's Eve and after a week in the unit he returned to his home.

Another injured jockey who is well down the track to recovery is former top Adelaide rider Scott Leckey.

Leckey, runner-up in the Adelaide premiership in 2005-06, has been sidelined since a near fatal fall at Darwin's Fannie Bay track in July of 2007.

The former champion apprentice has overcome serious brain trauma and cracked vertebrae in his neck but is walking with the assistance of a crutch.

Leckey has been recuperating in Melbourne but hopes to return to Adelaide later this year.

Leckey will be an ambassador for the National Jockey Celebration Day at Morphettville on March 7.

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