Jockey ‘poorly but stable’ after fall

AMATEUR jockey Tom Thompson is reported to be ‘poorly but stable’ after taking an horrendous fall at Sedgefield yesterday.

The rider parted company with Just Tom in the Wares Teesside 01642 358040 Amateur Riders’ Handicap Hurdle and was taken to North Tees Hospital in Stockton.

Just Tom was in third place when he hit the top of the second hurdle, falling heavily. Having been hurled to the ground, Thompson then appeared to be kicked by a following horse.