Fitzgerald ‘comfortable’ in hospital
The 37-year-old was taken to Liverpool’s Fazackerley Hospital on Saturday following his fall from L’Ami in the John Smith’s Grand National.
Immediate reports suggested the Irish jockey had suffered spinal injuries and was undergoing further assessment.
Fitzgerald was transferred to Liverpool Royal on Saturday night and a hospital spokesman said: “I can tell you he is comfortable and currently undergoing assessment.”
Fitzgerald’s boss Nicky Henderson said: “He’s very battered and very sore, but comfortable.
“The main thing is he is able to move everything, but they are just keeping an eye on him and I think they are taking some more X-rays.
“He’s very sore, he had two bad falls in two days, not that the first one was anything to do with the second one.
“We are all very concerned, but the important thing is everything is working OK.
“He’s had a fair old battering and I would have thought that he will be staying in tonight also.”
