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Tom Marquand undergoes shoulder surgery following nasty fall at Randwick

Tom Marquand has undergone shoulder surgery following a nasty fall at Randwick last weekend.

Marquand has only just returned to Australia following previously successful spells in the country, and he had already been in winning form on the card when riding Cafe Millenium to victory in the Pierro Plate last Friday.

However, when partnering Annabel Neasham’s Dorothy Gail in the A$2million Inglis Millennium the following day, he suffered a heavy fall having been hampered by the manoeuvre of the Josh Parr-ridden Hellish. Parr was subsequently suspended for 20 meetings for careless riding.

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Marquand initially appeared to have escaped serious injury, but subsequent MRI scans have revealed a dislocation of his sternoclavicular joint and the jockey was due to have an operation on his shoulder in Australia on Wednesday.

“It has basically dislocated backwards, so I have to go for an operation today (Wednesday) to get it wired back in,” Marquand said in a video posted to Instagram.

“I will probably spend a week here now in Australia just because I can’t fly straight after having an operation.

“Then the plan will be to come back to England and go through my rehab there and hope that I can get back in action by the time the last couple of days of The Championships are on and all being well, head back down to Sydney.”

Marquand’s wife Hollie Doyle is also currently out of action after sustaining an elbow injury in a fall at Wolverhampton last month.

She had hoped she would not require surgery for the issue, but Marquand revealed she too needs further treatment.

He added: “Hollie is having a bit of a shocker as well, off with her elbow and she is going under the knife I think early next week,” Marquand said.

“We will be in rehab and recuperation together and be a right pair so at least we’ve got two arms between us.

“It’s obviously not ideal what’s going on, but I think we can both count ourselves pretty lucky in the circumstances.”

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