Ryan Moore could be sidelined for the rest of the season after suffering a nasty fall on the final day of the Goodwood meeting.
The rider was brought down on the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Verdant in the Toyo Tires Summer Handicap.
Front-running Captain John Nixon broke down badly around five furlongs (1000m) from home in the 14-furlong race and quickly fell back through the field with Verdant and Activate being brought down as the runners in behind took evasive action.
Jamie Spencer, the rider of Activate, escaped unharmed as did both horses but Moore was laid on the turf for some time before being loaded into an ambulance.
He was taken to St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester for further treatment and it was later reported he had sustained a broken humerus and thumb.
Moore is waiting to see a surgeon to confirm the extent of his injuries but his trainer father Gary believes he could be facing an uphill battle to ride again this term.
“With shoulder injuries, it’s never that quick coming back and if it’s as bad as I have heard it is, he won’t get much change from the rest of the year,” he said.
The rider is not only retained by Stoute but has also become a leading choice for Aidan O’Brien in the absence of a stable jockey at Ballydoyle.
Moore had begun the day in third place in the jockeys’ championship, trailing leader Paul Hanagan by nine winners and second-placed Silvestre de Sousa by two.
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