Dobbs taken to hospital after fall
Racing at Chepstow was abandoned after jockey Pat Dobbs was involved in a nasty fall from Roll The Dice in the opening “Brightwells” The Bloodstock Auctioneers Maiden Auction Stakes.
Dobbs was unseated from Richard Hannon’s juvenile four and a half furlongs out in the one-mile contest and has been taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, where he is conscious and lucid.
“Pat is OK but he has hurt his back, although he is talking,” said Richard Hannon Junior.
Roll The Dice suffered a broken back after the incident and had to be put down.
The following race, the westcountryracing.com Affordable Racing Syndicates Claiming Stakes, was delayed as the stewards held an inspection and an inquiry with jockeys and trainers, after which the decision was taken to abandon the remainder of the card.
