Fanning picks up foot injury

Joe Fanning is set for a brief spell on the sidelines after suffering a foot injury at Wolverhampton yesterday.

The jockey was unseated from Berlusca in the early stages of the six-furlong maiden and while he has not suffered any serious damage, Fanning will not be riding at Beverley this afternoon or Carlisle on Wednesday.

The northern-based rider’s agent, Paul Grundy, said: “His foot is quite badly bruised so he is just going to take two or three days off to make sure it fully recovers.

“He hasn’t broken anything, which is good news, but he just doesn’t want to rush back and risk making it worse.

“He broke a bone in his hand once and came back a little bit soon and it went again.

“It’s hard to say how long he’ll be out for at this stage, we’ll just have to see how he recovers.

“Whether it’s two, three, four or five days, we’re not sure. He’s hoping to be back for the weekend anyway.”