Carberry injury scare after fall; CHELTENHAM COUNTDOWN.Byline: Tony O'Hehir PAUL CARBERRY was stretchered off the course at Navan yesterday after suffering a leg injury in a fall from Charlie Yardbird Noun 1. yardbird - a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks yard bird military recruit, recruit - a recently enlisted soldier 2. yardbird - a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison convict, con, yard bird, inmate three out in the Athboy Hurdle, writes Tony O'Hehir. Carberry (below), a 16-1 shot to be top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival The Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom and has race prize money second only to the Grand National. , missed his remaining rides and is unlikely to be in action at Leopardstown today. Dr John Kennedy, acting medical officer at Navan, said: "Paul got a bang on bang on - (Or "pound on"). To stress-test a piece of hardware or software: "I banged on the new version of the simulator all day yesterday and it didn't crash once. I guess it is ready for release." his right leg above the knee. He's walking but limping and we don't think he has broken anything. He's decided to go and have it checked out in the morning rather than have it x-rayed this evening." Carberry's rides at the festival include Harchibald, winner of the Stan James Christmas Hurdle at Kempton and who was beaten a neck by Hardy Eustace in the 2005 Champion Hurdle. |
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