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Grand National jockey breaks arm in ‘horrific’ fall but still manages Saturday night A&E photo with girlfriend

, Grand National jockey breaks arm in ‘horrific’ fall but still manages Saturday night A&E photo with girlfriend

GRAND NATIONAL jockey Johnny Burke posed for an A&E selfie – after breaking his arm in the world’s most famous race.

Burke came down from Sam Brown at ‘The Chair’ jump during a chaotic running of the Aintree showpiece last Saturday.

Burke broke his arm after falling off Sam Brown in the Grand National

The Anthony Honeyball-trained 11-year-old was sent off 66-1 for the race won by 8-1 Corach Rambler.

He looked to be travelling OK in midfield when he came down at the 15th of 30 fences.

Fortunately the horse was not seriously hurt – but Burke was taken off to hospital for treatment.

Burke’s girlfriend Frankie Rowles posted a photo of the two of them in A&E on Saturday night.

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She confirmed Burke had suffered a broken arm and some cuts to his head but is, luckily, on the mend.

Rowles wrote: “Thank you for all your lovely messages about J.

“A broken arm and a few scrapes to the face.

“Yes… I was a little over-dressed for a Saturday night in A&E.”

Burke, who won the 2022 Dawn Run on Love Envoi and has enjoyed a hugely successful season with Boothill, will now recover before returning to the racecourse.

Aintree Grand National Festival was overshadowed by the death of three horses during the three-day meeting.

One of those was the Sandy Thomson-trained Hill Sixteen in the National itself.

Thomson said he was ‘completely devastated’ at his horse’s passing.

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He revealed he rushed over to the horse’s side after his fall at the first and said he was ‘so sorry’.

Thomson said: “I just had a few words with him. That I was so sorry for him and thanked him for everything he did for us.”

The trainer also shared a photo of jockey Ryan Mania stroking the horse before his passing on Twitter on Monday morning.

And he wrote: “Thank you so much to everyone for such a huge outpour of love and sympathy for us all having lost Hill Sixteen.

“We are all completely devastated and it will be felt on the yard for a long time.

“He was a wonderful gorgeous horse who was so loved and cared for by everyone.”

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