Peter Toole is now obeying commands from doctors as he continues to recover from his fall at Aintree on Grand National day.
The 22-year-old suffered bleeding on the right side of his brain when Classic Fly fell at the first fence during the Maghull Novices' Chase and is currently in the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
He was taken out of a medically-induced coma on Thursday and his boss Charlie Mann report further progress.
Speaking on his Twitter page, Mann said: "Peter remains in a stable condition. Positive signs he has woken enough to obey commands from doctors, remains on ventilator at present."
Another injured jockey, Richard Hawkins, is set to be taken out of intensive care following his fall at Taunton on Tuesday.
The rider lost consciousness when parting company with Tiger Dream in a selling handicap hurdle at the West Country venue, and has since been treated at Musgrove Park Hospital.
He was taken off a ventilator on Thursday, and is now likely to be transferred to the neurology ward at Musgrove Park.
A statement released by the Injured Jockeys Fund read: "IJF almoner Julia Mangan, having spent the morning with Richard Hawkins' family at the Musgrove Park Hospital, was able to report it is expected Richard will be transferred from the intensive care unit to the neurology ward later."
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