'My foot got caught in the stalls and twisted round' - Kevin Stott faces layoff

Jockey Kevin Stott is facing another two to four weeks on the sidelines after missing Royal Ascot with a foot injury.

Stott broke a bone in his foot at Thirsk on Tuesday when Noble Patron got upset while being loaded for the mile novice.

The Simon and Ed Crisford-trained gelding was withdrawn and Stott was taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough with initial concern over his ankle, but an MRI scan revealed a fracture to the navicular bone and some bone bruising in the cuneiform and metatarsals.

The jockey said: "I got my left foot caught in the stalls and it twisted round. I'm not in any pain but I'm not putting any pressure on it.

"I've got to rest up and I'm looking at two to four weeks off depending on how quickly it heals. I'll be going to Jack Berry House to use the hydropool and the great team of physios, which will be a big help."

The timing could not have been worse for the in-form Stott, who enjoyed a breakthrough Royal Ascot last year with a first Group 1 success in the Diamond Jubilee on Hello Youmzain and victory in the Wokingham on Hey Jonesy.

"Any other week would have been fine, but I was lucky enough nothing else happened," said Stott, who has ridden 47 winners since February. "I had a good few rides through the week, including some nice two-year-olds and Hey Jonesy back in the Wokingham. Megan [Nicholls, partner] is riding him now so if he could go and win for her it would be perfect."

Fellow jockey Adam McNamara is waiting to find out the extent of his dramatic mid-race shoulder injury at Beverley on Tuesday evening.

McNamara was leading the field in the 7½f novice on Mr Coalville about a furlong and a half from home when he suffered a dislocation of his shoulder.

He was unable to ride out his mount from that point and the Amy Murphy-trained juvenile finished second, beaten four and three-quarter lengths by Uncs.

"I was in front and when I went to give my horse a backhander my shoulder popped out," McNamara said. "To be fair to the horse, he still finished second. The winner won by nearly five lengths in the end, so it's hard to know what would have happened, but we would have finished a lot closer and might nearly have won."

McNamara has dislocated the shoulder before and is due to go for an MRI scan in Cardiff next week.

"I did a lot of rehab on the shoulder after last time, but the biggest concern is that it came out so easily," he said. "If I don't need an operation it will hopefully be three or four weeks, but if I do it will depend on when I can get it and I wouldn't be sure of the recovery time on that."

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