Jockey Michael Walker will be sidelined indefinitely with a mystery back problem which threatens his career.
Walker, who has had a hip replacement, said initial tests indicated that was fine but he was forced to call for help when his back seized up during a race at Moonee Valley on Friday night saying “It feels like someone has grabbed a knife and is pushing it into your back.”.
He told Melbourneโs RSN927 on Tuesday he would have further tests to try to get to the bottom of the problem and he wanted to return to riding.
The G1 winning jockey has had an interrupted past two years after he missed several months after receiving hip surgery in late 2015 as well as missing 6 weeks after a head injury in a fall in the middle of last year.
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