Cork jockey tells of ‘slap from a drunk’

Irish jockey Aidan Coleman was back in the saddle yesterday after insisting a “slap from a drunk” wouldn’t stop him going to work.

Cork jockey tells of ‘slap from a drunk’

Coleman, 27, from Innishannon, Co Cork, suffered a bloodied nose and two chipped teeth when he was attacked at 5.23pm on Tuesday in the weighing room at Southwell Racecourse, after finishing last aboard Sawwala in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle.

But he was training yesterday morning, and racing at Chepstow later, after undergoing dental treatment for his injuries.

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