Fortune verdict on hold

JIMMY FORTUNE will have to wait until tomorrow to learn the full extent of the back problem that caused him to collapse at the Curragh on Sunday.

Fortune verdict on hold
Tue, 02 Sep, 2003 - 01:00
Martin Kelly

The jockey left hospital in Salisbury yesterday and headed for his Wiltshire home, accompanied by his wife Jan.

Tony Hind, Fortune's agent, said: "He had an X-ray last night and is now on his way home, but has to go back for an MRI scan on Wednesday morning, so we are not going to know anything about how bad it is, or how severe it is, until then."

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