TOP jockey Ryan Moore looks set to miss the rest of the Flat season after it was revealed he was suffering with a stress fracture to his femur.
The shock news will cause the champion trainer Aidan O’Brien a huge headache given how many big Group 1s are coming up over the next couple of months.
Ryan Moore could miss the rest of the Flat season[/caption]
He will already be without second jockey Wayne Lordan for Irish Champions Weekend at the St Leger meeting after he picked up a 10-day ban at Goodwood last weekend.
And for world-class Moore, 41, it is a nightmare and could not have come at a worse time.
A host of Ballydoyle stars are being prepared for big targets at Leopardstown and the Curragh in a fortnight, while the rider is also a major doubt to make it back for the Arc meeting and Breeders’ Cup.
More to follow…