Jockey Michael O’Sullivan
Cork jockey Michael O’Sullivan is in intensive care following a fall at Thurles yesterday.
O’Sullivan, a three-time Grade One-winning rider, was aboard Wee Charlie for Gerard O’Leary and was one of three fallers at the last in the two-mile handicap chase at the Tipperary track.
Two other runners were badly hampered as a result of the incident (unseating their riders) with the remainder of the meeting abandoned after the second race as the air ambulance arrived to take O’Sullivan to hospital.
An update on X from Dr Jennifer Pugh, chief medical officer of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), said: “Michael is in the intensive care unit at Cork University Hospital being treated for his…