Carberry still in hospital
Paul Carberry and Oliver Greenall remain in hospital after sustaining serious injuries in separate falls on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival.
Carberry took a nasty spill when the Noel Meade-trained Jaamid came to grief at the the 13th fence in the Jewson Novices’ Handicap Chase, while Greenall was unseated from Heathcliff on the flat towards the final turn of the Pertemps Final.
Both were treated at Cheltenham General Hospital and the pair remain there as they continue to recover from their ailments.
“Dr Sue Smith, who was our senior racecourse medical officer yesterday, is also the consultant in the intensive care unit at Cheltenham General Hospital and she saw both Ollie and Paul this morning,” said clerk of the course Simon Claisse.
“They are both remaining in hospital but are talkative and in good spirits.
“Both have punctured lungs and Paul has a tear in his liver and Ollie has a splenic rupture.”
Carberry misses the ride on outsider Star de Mohaison in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup while Greenall will not have the opportunity to bid for a repeat of his win aboard Amicelli in the Christie’s Foxhunter Chase.
