Paul King and Richard Bensley have joined the list of NSW jockeys injured in falls over the past few days.
King, who recently moved from Perth to NSW, fractured his patella in a fall at Kembla Grange on Saturday and underwent an operation on the knee on Sunday morning.
Bensley broke his wrist in a fall at Albury and is expected to be out for between four and six weeks.
Peter Robl and Kathy O’Hara are also expected to be off the scene for some time after respective falls on Thursday and Friday at Scone and Gosford.
Initial fears Robl had suffered a serious spinal injury were allayed after tests at Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital but he will have further tests on Monday.
The popular jockey was immobilised on the track after losing feeling in his legs. He is still suffering tingling in his arms.
Robl will be out until at least the end of the month as his recovery coincides with a careless riding suspension incurred last Wednesday at Gosford.
Rachel Murray was stood down after the same race at Scone and will get a clearance from her doctor on Monday.
O’Hara will need surgery on her left hand after breaking a bone. O’Hara fell and the horse following was unable to completely avoid her, standing on her hand as he went past.
Robl missed out on two winners at Randwick on Saturday – Breakfast In Bed and Jacquinot Bay.
He was originally replaced by O’Hara on the David Vandyke-trained Breakfast In Bed with the winning mount eventually going to Jay Ford.
Kerrin McEvoy rode the Guy Walter-trained Jacquinot Bay to victory as part of a winning treble at the meeting including the feature race, the $250,000 Inglis Classic for two-year-olds which he won on the Gerald Ryan-trained Peggy Jean.
