Ana O'Brien, the daughter of trainer Aidan, suffered a fractured C1 vertebra in her neck and T6 in her back after a fall at Killarney on Tuesday evening that saw her taken to hospital by air ambulance.

Jockey Ana O’Brien was taken to hospital by air ambulance after a fall at Killarney yesterday evening.

Jockeys try to hide concussion after a fall from a horse due to fear of losing rides, an outspoken sports commentator and former champion jockey claims.

Leading National Hunt jockey Paul Carberry has called time on his distinguished career due to an ongoing issue with a leg injury.

Enda Bolger led the tributes to JT McNamara after the former leading amateur rider died aged 41.

An air of silence and sadness hung over the usually boisterous Ballybrit yesterday as the racing community mourned the passing of jockey John Thomas ‘JT’ McNamara.

The Grand National was a great race and a credit to everyone involved, says Ruby Walsh.

Bryan Cooper is one of the top jockeys in national hunt racing. As a retained rider for Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud, he has a very strong book of rides at next week’s Cheltenham Festival. 

There was a marked decrease in the number of instances of careless riding in 2015, the Turf Club yesterday revealed when releasing its integrity racing statistics.

Five-time champion-jockey and four-time Irish Derby winner, Johnny Murtagh savoured his first Derby success as a trainer when 20/1 shot Jocular proved best in a blanket-finish to the Done Deal Apprentice Derby at the Curragh last night.

Cheltenham Festival-winning rider Davy Condon, who fractured three vertebrae in the middle of his back in a fall at Cork in August, has been given the green light to return to the saddle from the middle of this month.

Bryan Cooper will have his first competitive ride since his horror fall at the Cheltenham Festival when he partners the Dessie Hughes-trained Guitar Pete in the Dunraven Arms Hotel Hurdle at Limerick tomorrow.

Mick Winters reports Rebel Fitz to be A1 following his triumphant return from injury at Listowel on Saturday.

Davy Condon is waiting to be discharged from Cork University Hospital as he continues to make progress following his heavy fall at the local track on Sunday.

Davy Condon is undergoing further examination in Cork University Hospital following his fall from Flaxen Flare on Sunday.

Jockey Karen Kenny is expected to make a full recovery as she continues her rehabilitation from a horror fall at Tramore earlier this month.

Willie McCreery is optimistic Colour Blue can further showcase her consistent streak when she runs in the Listed Vincent O’Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney today.

John Thomas McNamara, who was paralysed in a fall at last year’s Cheltenham Festival, was in the intensive care unit of Limerick Regional Hospital last night, having been taken ill the previous day.

Well, I’m off to Paris this morning ready for action and very much looking forward to partnering Un de Sceaux at Auteuil in the afternoon.

Brian Moore was co-commentator for the BBC at the Stade de France last Saturday as Ireland and France pounded into each other for 80 of the most intense minutes of sport you could ever watch through your fingers and he was prompted to remark at one point on the copious quantities of claret oozing from the heads and faces of the players involved.

The Turf Club’s chief medical officer yesterday described Bryan Cooper’s leg break as “the worst fracture I have ever seen in a lower limb”.

Ruby Walsh will be sidelined for at least two months after breaking his arm in a crashing fall in the opening race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Bryan Cooper, only in his third month as first jockey to Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud, faces a four to six month spell on the sidelines, after breaking his leg at Cheltenham yesterday.

Bryan Cooper is expected to be fit for the start of the Cheltenham Festival tomorrow after emerging relatively unscathed from a crunching fall at Naas yesterday.

Dr Adrian McGoldrick, senior medical officer of the Turf Club, issued a statement yesterday on behalf of John Thomas McNamara and his family.

Jockey Brian Toomey is out of a coma and can move his arms and legs after a fall at Perth racecourse had left him with serious injuries.

JT McNamara, the amateur jockey badly injured in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival, was transferred to hospital in Dublin yesterday having been treated in Bristol since March.

JT McNamara, the jockey left paralysed after a fall at the Cheltenham Festival, has been transferred to a hospital in Dublin.

I am in no way downbeat when it comes to John Thomas McNamara’s future.

Grand National-winning rider Mick Fitzgerald has spoken of his sadness and of the risks involved in racing after it was revealed by the family of rider JT McNamara that the serious neck injury he suffered in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival has led to paralysis.

Plans will be made to transfer jockey JT McNamara to a hospital nearer his family in Ireland.

A leading amateur Irish jockey who suffered a serious neck injury at Cheltenham races is in a “stable condition” today following surgery.

The crowds had already began to spill out into the approaching gloom of the surrounding countryside by the time Thomas Mullins’s Alderwood made it a record 14th Irish-trained winner at this week’s Cheltenham Festival.

JT McNamara could undergo surgery today after sustaining a serious neck injury in a fall at Cheltenham on Thursday.

The thoughts of many at Cheltenham today will be with leading amateur jockey JT McNamara, who remains in hospital in a coma after suffering a serious neck injury when his horse fell.

Amateur jockey JT McNamara suffered a serious neck injury in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival today, it has emerged.

JP Magnier is expected to remain in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for a few days after undergoing surgery on his back.

Johnny Murtagh will see his specialist again on Wednesday after scans revealed the leading rider fractured a cheekbone in a fall at the Curragh on Sunday.

Many of Irish racing’s biggest names will be out supporting ‘Jog for Jockeys’ on Sunday, July 29.