Jockey Callum Shepherd to miss the rest of Flat season after breaking his back in horror fall at Kempton

TOP jockey Callum Shepherd volition miss the remainder of the Flat play aft breaking his collarbone and his backmost successful a terrifying autumn astatine Kempton.

He was riding Militry Decoration successful the 4.12 contention connected the all-weather connected Wednesday nighttime erstwhile the equine clipped heels and fell, throwing Shepherd from the saddle.

Shepherd was treated by medics connected people and taken to hospital, wherever helium was recovered to person suffered a unchangeable fracture to his T3 and T6 vertebrae.

He volition spot a specializer connected Friday to find the magnitude of clip it volition instrumentality for him to instrumentality to the saddle.

Sadly, Militry Decoration suffered a fatal injury.

It means Shepherd, 27, volition miss the lucrative meetings astatine Newmarket this play and British Champions Day astatine Ascot adjacent weekend, wherever helium would person been owed to thrust Quddwah successful the QEII.

The nasty wounded caps disconnected a play of utmost highs and lows for the jockey.

He was shockingly jocked disconnected Ambiente Friendly conscionable days earlier the Derby, contempt having ridden him to an awesome triumph successful a Classic trial.

Just 2 weeks later, helium rode 1 of the biggest and astir affectional winners of his vocation successful the Hardwicke Stakes connected Isle Of Jura astatine Royal Ascot.

He besides suffered nasty facial injuries successful a autumn astatine Ascot and was banned for 18 days by the stewards astatine Kempton aft they deemed helium had thrown distant outright triumph aft easing up adjacent the line. He aboriginal appealed and had his ban overturned.

He told Sunracing: “I’ve breached my collarbone and fractured by T3 and T6 vertebrae, thankfully it’s a unchangeable fracture and it’s conscionable a lawsuit of managing the symptom and resting up.

"I’m seeing a specializer time but it’s harmless to presume I volition miss the remainder of the Flat season.

“It’s precise frustrating but we each cognize what the worst lawsuit script tin beryllium with falls similar this, truthful you conscionable person to number yourself a small lucky.

“It has been a spot of a rollercoaster year, that’s for sure. I volition conscionable absorption connected getting backmost for the planetary racing implicit the wintertime now.”