McDonald escapes serious injury

Apprentice Frankie McDonald has escaped serious injury after taking a nasty fall from Night Mail at Nottingham yesterday.

McDonald escapes serious injury
Sat, 20 Sep, 2003 - 12:57

Apprentice Frankie McDonald has escaped serious injury after taking a nasty fall from Night Mail at Nottingham yesterday.

The 5lb claimer was unshipped when the Mick Easterby-trained three-year-old clipped the heels of another horse over two furlongs out in the two-mile Happy Birthday Ann Whelbourne Handicap.

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