Jockey Glen Colless will be fit to fulfil engagements at Doomben after standing down with an injured foot at Eagle Farm last Saturday.Colless declared his fitness for Wednesday's meeting after riding in eight barrier trials at the Gold Coast on Tuesday.He was forced to stand down from his final two Eagle Farm rides, including winner Pay Me, after jamming his left foot against the starting stalls aboard Rasmussen in the Comscentre Handicap (1200m).It was the same foot which was mutilated when Col

Jockey Glen Colless will be fit to fulfil engagements at Doomben after standing down with an injured foot at Eagle Farm last Saturday.

Colless declared his fitness for Wednesday's meeting after riding in eight barrier trials at the Gold Coast on Tuesday.

He was forced to stand down from his final two Eagle Farm rides, including winner Pay Me, after jamming his left foot against the starting stalls aboard Rasmussen in the Comscentre Handicap (1200m).

It was the same foot which was mutilated when Colless and a horse he was riding crashed into the outside rail at Eagle Farm in February.

Rasmussen's defeat cost him a trip to Melbourne for some of the minor sprint races during the remainder of the spring.

Colless broke three toes in the February incident and surgeons later pinned two of them which were almost severed.

"My toes are still sore and swollen but they're only toes," Colless said.

"The little toe is the worst and it's one of the toes the doctors sewed back on.

"I rode in eight trials this morning and I'll be right to ride at Doomben."

Colless has two remaining Doomben engagements after trainer Alan Bailey decided not to start impressive last-start winner Opportunistic in the Sita Environmental Plate (1350m).

Colless' two rides will be aboard the Noel Doyle-trained Falvelizabeth in the Mitty's Maiden Plate (1040m) and Powerful Sphere, the first emergency in the Hardy Brothers Maiden Handicap (1350m).

Opportunistic was the pick of Colless' rides but the jockey said the three-year-old would be reserved for Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Bailey has a big opinion of the Fastnet Rock gelding who scored narrowly in a 1300-metre maiden at Eagle Farm last month.

Colless is in the process of developing a special foot guard to protect his toes against future barrier accidents.

"I'm trying to get something made up for my foot," Colless said.

"I've got someone looking at developing some sort of protection that will slip over the foot.

"It would need to be made out of Kevlar or something similar that will withstand being jammed against the stall.

"I don't think fibreglass would work as it would just break up."