Photographer Pat Healy has been taken to hospital after a dreadful episode after the line at the opening race at Navan.
Thatsy and Entoucas fought out a thrilling conclusion to the www.navanracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle, with the group coming close with all the run into the line following negotiating the last hurdle.
Even though Thatsy just edged to win, Entoucas appeared to crash during the railing after the post – colliding with the photographer.
He was tended to by medical staff – and after he was reported to be aware, he had been shot by ambulance for examination, inducing a delay into the followingMonksfield Novice Hurdle.
The physician on duty at the track, Frank Kenny, stated:He abandoned the course really secure and has injuries to the ideal side of his chest.
Entoucas and driver Mark Walsh escaped serious injury, together with the jockey reporting that his bracket had dived after the lineup just in the gap at the railing.
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