JOCKEY Ben Sutton is ‘conscious and moving’ after a horror fall at Bangor on Tuesday.
The amateur rider was knocked out and his horse sadly had to be put to sleep after the incident, which was so serious it led to the second race on the card being voided.
Race two at Bangor on Tuesday was voided after a serious fall
Sutton, 22, was riding 9-4 favourite Kepy Blanc for trainer Philip Hobbs in the two-mile handicap chase when the seven-year-old fell at the third fence.
The jockey landed awkwardly and was worryingly motionless on the ground as the rest of the runners moved away.
He was immediately attended to by the medical team at the track and the stewards deployed the yellow ‘stop race’ flag, prompting the other jockeys to pull up and the race being voided.
Sutton, who was chasing his first winner on his tenth ride, regained consciousness while he was at the racecourse and was taken by ambulance to Wrexham hospital.
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