Champion jockey Derek Fox was rushed to hospital after he was unseated from Ballydisco at Sedgefield.
Fox, who gained the Grand Nationwide in 2017 and 2023, suffered the sickening fall in the course of the 3:10pm race.
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The Irishman’s incident compelled the remaining races at Sedgefield to be delayed.
Talking from the monitor, Sky Sports activities Racing presenter Andrew Thornton offered an replace on Fox’s well being.
“The horse has come again in however Derek had a nasty fall,” Thornton stated.
“He’s acutely aware and shifting however very, very sore – it was an actual case of whiplash.
“They’ve put him on a stretcher and they’re taking him straight to hospital to evaluate him.
“He’s acutely aware and it’s precautionary however something to do with the again or neck – it’s the proper factor to do.”
Fox was properly within the combine with Ballydisco till his race got here to a shuddering halt within the 3m2½f handicap chase.
The Irishman could not fairly steer the Lucinda Russell-trained gelding over the fourth-last fence correctly.
Consequently, the 32-year-old was despatched flying by the air and thudded his head on the turf upon touchdown.
Sadly for Fox and Russell, the incident occurred when Ballydisco was within the lead.
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It’s not the primary time Fox has been unseated from his horse throughout a race.
Simply over a 12 months in the past, Fox was captured limping in direction of an ambulance after he picked up a shoulder harm when he suffered a fall at Ayr.
The Irishman even took a tumble as not too long ago as this 12 months’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Fox was unseated from Ahoy Senior, a 28-1 outsider, when he didn’t information the horse over the fifteenth fence.
It marked the second time in three years Fox had fallen in the course of the iconic Cheltenham occasion.