Racing at Thurles was abandoned this afternoon due to an injury sustained by jockey Michael O’Sullivan in a final fence fall.
O’Sullivan was riding Wee Charlie in the second race of the card for Gerard O’Leary and was one of three fallers at the last in the two-mile Racing Again February 20th Handicap Chase, with two other horses badly hampered and unseating their riders.
The jockey was treated on the track but there is no update on his condition as of yet.
Racing was initially deferred before being called off around 3.30pm.
An IHRB statement on social media read: “The air ambulance has arrived at [Thurles Racecourse] and Michael O’Sullivan is being treated by the medical team on track.
“Due to the…