Popular 68-year-old trainer Nicky Richards in hospital with multiple injuries after gallops fall

NICKY RICHARDS is recovering successful infirmary aft breaking respective bones successful a nasty autumn portion riding connected the gallops.

Cumbria-based Richards, who trained the likes of Monet's Garden and Simply Ned to triumph aggregate large races, broke his shoulder, pelvis and ribs portion riding retired astatine his Greystoke stable.

He was thrown to the crushed erstwhile the equine helium was riding, Houston Texas, sadly suffered a fatal bosom attack.

Richard, 68, was taken to Cumberland Infirmary successful Carlisle wherever helium is said to beryllium 'comfortable'.

The trainer's girl Jo Haynes told the Racing Post: "Dad's inactive successful the infirmary and volition beryllium for different mates of days, I think, but he's comfortable.

"He was riding enactment and the equine came down with him astatine speed. He's astir apt been precise fortunate due to the fact that helium was going reasonably speedy erstwhile it happened.

"He's breached the scapula connected the close broadside connected apical of his shoulder, 4 oregon 5 ribs and fractured his pelvis arsenic well.

"They said each the fractures look stable, truthful hopefully he's not going to request immoderate surgery, which is simply a positive, but it's conscionable going to instrumentality time. 

"He broke his enarthrosis connected the different broadside a fewer years ago. It happens from clip to time, unfortunately, with the occupation we're in. He inactive loves moving the horses, it's each he's ever known.

"We'll effort to support up the bully signifier and support things going arsenic normal. He's connected the telephone plenty, anyway, and is inactive giving retired the orders."

The 10-year-old Houston Texas won 5 of his 15 pursuit starts, 4 of which came astatine the yard's section way Carlisle, and Haynes said helium was a unchangeable favourite.

She added: "Houston Texas was surely 1 of my dad's favourite horses, if not the favourite.

"It's precise bittersweet arsenic he's been a good, aged equine and a large quality astir the spot arsenic well."

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