Brian Hughes faces about three weeks on the sidelines after breaking his collarbone in a nasty tumble at Sedgefield on Tuesday.
The jump jockey sustained the injury when the Alan Swinbank-trained Itsallyours Al suffered a fatal fall at the third-last flight in the John Wade Waste Recycling Selling Handicap Hurdle.
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