Irish jockey suffers fractured vertebra in Galway fall

"So far we have just seen the preliminary report, but he will probably be out of action for six to eight weeks."

Cork jockey Connor King is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after fracturing a vertebra in a fall at Galway on Tuesday.

King, a Kilbrin native, was riding Andrew Lee-trained Sea Captain in the Caulfield Industrial European Breeders Fund Maiden when his mount slipped up after just a furlong.