Monday 1 August 2011

Moore Waits For Surgery


Ryan Moore will have to wait until Tuesday to have surgery on his broken thumb and his broken humerus.

Different specialists are required to operate on the three-times champion jockey, and that is the first day they are both available.

Moore remains in St Richard's Hospital in Chichester after breaking his upper arm and thumb in a nasty fall at Glorious Goodwood on Saturday that could put him out for the rest of the season.

He was brought down when riding the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Verdant in the Toyo Tires Summer Handicap.

"Because of the severity of the injury, he's going to have a specialist to fix his thumb and a different specialist to do surgery on his shoulder," said his father, West Sussex trainer Gary Moore.