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Joe Fanning: Jockey to see specialist this week over arm injury suffered in Musselburgh fall on Wednesday

Gold Cup-winning jockey Joe Fanning suffered an arm injury during a fall at Musselburgh from Jim Goldie's Braes Of Doune; Fanning set to miss weekend rides as rider waits to discover seriousness of injury

Joe Fanning
Image: Joe Fanning suffered an arm injury in a fall at Musselburgh on Wednesday

Joe Fanning will see a specialist on Friday to ascertain the full extent of an arm injury suffered in a fall at Musselburgh on Wednesday.

Winner of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last year with Subjectivist, Fanning was riding the Jim Goldie-trained Braes Of Doune at the Scottish venue when his mount ducked left and unshipped him after a furlong.

Fanning, 51, walked gingerly away from the fall, but was taken off his booked rides at Haydock on Thursday and looks set to sit out the weekend action, too.

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Fanning's agent, Niall Hannity, said: "He's going to see a specialist in York, so we'll know more then.

"There's a lot of swelling at the top of the arm, so we'll see, but he won't ride a few days, which is the best-case scenario.

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"I think we'll have to wait for the swelling to go down to get a fair gauge of what's what."

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