Jockey Leigh suffers broken wrist

Jockey Andrew Leigh faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after breaking a bone in his right wrist.

Jockey Andrew Leigh faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after breaking a bone in his right wrist.

Leigh suffered the injury when falling from False Evidence at Punchestown on Thursday.

Agent Ciaran O’Toole confirmed: “It was a bad fall and he has broken his scaphoid bone in his right wrist.

“It’s difficult to say how long he’d be out for, but it could be around six weeks.”

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