Chipped ankle rules out O'Connor once more.WARREN O'CONNOR may be out of action until October after chipping a bone in his ankle in a three-horse pile-up pile·up or pile-up n. 1. Informal A serious collision usually involving several motor vehicles. 2. An accumulation: "the pile-up of unsold autos" at Gowran Park Set amid the Annerly Estate in the heart of County Kilkenny, Gowran Park is home to the Premier Racecourse in the southeast of Ireland. The racecourse hosts 16 race days throughout the year with both National Hunt and Flat meetings. last Thursday, writes Michael Clower. The injury comes less than a month after his return from breaking a wrist in a fall at Clonmel in May. O'Connor said: "I was riding Camden Lady in the three-year-old fillies' maiden MAIDEN. The name of an instrument formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. race when Lauras Theme was brought down. I was well back and thought I would miss her, but she seemed to spin round and my horse got caught up in her legs and went down. "A hoof hoof, horny epidermal casing at the end of the digits of an ungulate (hoofed) mammal. In the even-toed ungulates, such as swine, deer, and cattle, the hoof is cloven; in the odd-toed ungulates, such as the horse and the rhinoceros, it is solid. hit my ankle and I'll have to be in plaster for four weeks. It's sickening to be out of action again. It means I'll have missed much of the season." CAPTION(S): David Tune, part of the Vicky Haigh Racing team running under the Racing Welfare banner |
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