Jockey Barry Geraghty set for another spell on the sidelines after scan reveals a fractured shoulder
Geraghty has already spent plenty of time on the sidelines this year including when being ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival with lung and rib injuries before breaking his arm twice
BARRY GERAGHTY faces more time on the sidelines after scans revealed he had suffered a hairline fracture of his shoulder blade in a fall at Killarney last week.
Geraghty took a tumble when his mount Cook Islands was brought down by Wonderoftheworld at the final flight.
An X-ray showed no breakages and it was originally hoped the top Irish jump jockey just had soft tissue injuries that would keep him out of the saddle for about a week.
However, further medical investigation revealed the true damage.
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"It showed up on an MRI on Friday. I had an X-ray on Tuesday. It's probably another three weeks I'm looking at," said Geraghty.
"I'll be seeing my surgeon in another fortnight and we'll have a better idea then, but it's looking like that.
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"It's obviously not great being on the sidelines again, but hopefully I'm putting my bad luck behind me and I'm hoping for a clear run."
It is another blow for Geraghty, who only returned from a spell on the sidelines at the Galway Festival after being off since April with a broken arm sustained in a fall from Minella Foru in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.
He was forced out of this year's Cheltenham Festival when suffering lung and rib injuries in a fall at Kempton in February. He also broke his other arm in a fall at Market Rasen last July.