Senior jockey Dane O’Neill is set to undergo surgery after fracturing vertebra and ribs in a nasty incident at Wolverhampton on Tuesday.
The 47-year-old was unseated when his mount clipped the heels of another horse shortly after leaving the stalls and fell. The race had to be stopped so that O’Neill, who was lying in the home straight, could receive medical attention on the track before the field came around again.
He was stretchered to an ambulance and taken to hospital in Birmingham. The race was declared void. O’Neill was due to ride Run To Freedom in the Group 1 July Cup on Saturday but is set to face several weeks on the sidelines.
