Dobbin in fitness race for Aintree
Tony Dobbin faces a race against time to be fit for the John Smith's Grand National meeting at Aintree after hurting his arm when Cloudy Lane was brought down in the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.
The Donald McCain-trained seven-year-old was involved in a pile-up at the third-last after Cheeky Lady suffered a fatal fall.
Dobbin, who is due to partner Longshanks for Kim Bailey in the National on Saturday, suffered a kick on his arm and was taken to hospital for assessment.
Initial indications were he had fractured his right arm, but his agent Richard Hale said: "It's not broken - but he has got soft tissue damage and it is badly bruised.
"They have put a cast on it to keep the swelling down, which he will have on for a couple of days so really it's impossible to say whether he will be fit for Thursday and the rest of the Aintree meeting.
"It's not broken but he can't do a lot with it at the moment. He definitely won't be riding for a couple of days and we'll just have to see how it progresses.
"He'll be doing all he can. The cast is just a two-day thing to try and alleviate the swelling. Hopefully he will be back for Aintree, but we'll just have to see."
