FERGUS GREGORY suffered an horrific fall, landing on his head, after being unseated during Friday’s action at Ascot.
The jockey was unseated by Deauville Dancer during The Coral Handicap Chase.
Gregory landed sickeningly on his head after being unseated in a nasty looking fall.
But trainer Olly Murphy confirmed to SunSport after the race that the jockey was fine.
Deauville Dancer was an 18-1 longshot for the race at Ascot, eventually won by favourite Espoire Du Guye.
Earlofthecotswolds finished in second, followed by Drumcliff.
Elsewhere, a jockey was attacked by a rival who believed he’d been ‘cut up’ while riding his one-eyed horse, SunSport can exclusively reveal.
William Buick was confronted at the race track by pal Joey Haynes before police were called.
Cops were called for a second time by Buick, 32, who feared a man was parked in a car outside his £1.9million mansion.
The two riders, who weigh in at a little over 8st, clashed on Saturday in the 2.30pm race at Lingfield Park in Surrey.
Buick’s mount Folk Magic, the 11-8 favourite but which finished fourth, shifted to the left and impeded the progress of Haynes’ horse, Artisan Bleu, a 250-1 outsider with one eye, which then faded to ninth place.
Haynes’ trainer Adam West said: “Buick was very unsporting.
“Joey wasn’t very happy because both of them and their horses could have been killed.”
Police have dropped the case as Buick – who rides for Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin stud – refused to take it further.
Meanwhile, racing chiefs are being urged to investigate a ‘monster gamble’ on a 16-1 horse that won after being backed into drastically shorter odds of 7-4.
Bushypark, who eventually started as favourite, trounced the field by 11 lengths in the 3.40 at Hexham on Wednesday.
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