Jockey Josh Moore in critical care after chest infection complications

Jockey Josh Moore is in critical care at Aintree University Hospital after complications from a chest infection.

Moore had undergone successful surgery on a broken femur following his fall from Gleno at the sixth fence in the veterans' chase at Haydock on Saturday when the 30-year-old also sustained broken ribs, a punctured lung and damage to his back.

The Injured Jockeys Fund provided an update on Moore on Wednesday, which read: "Following his fall at Haydock on Saturday, jockey Josh Moore is in critical care at Aintree University Hospital.

"After successful surgery to his femur, his recovery has been complicated by a serious chest infection which has required him to stay sedated on the ventilator and has delayed definitive treatment of his injuries.

"The specialist medical team are working hard to treat Josh, and his family remain by his bedside.”

It has been a traumatic visit for Moore, who was moved to intensive care on Sunday due to a rare reaction while under sedation before his operation on Monday.

The son of trainer Gary Moore, and younger brother of jockeys Jamie and Ryan, he had the best season of his career in 2020-21 when partnering more rides (260) and winners (40) than in any season to date.

But the current campaign has been marked by a series of injuries and has meant he has taken only 106 rides and partnered 17 winners.

He missed much of the summer in 2021 due to concussion and then, once he had returned, needed spinal surgery following a fall from Botox Has at Plumpton in October in which he fractured his T4 and T5 vertebrae.

The procedure was delayed for six consecutive days due to other medical emergencies during the Covid crisis. A six-hour operation resulted in screws and rods being inserted into his back and he did not return to the saddle until the end of January.

His first ride back was aboard Gleno at Doncaster, while his biggest win this season came in the Grade 2 National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell aboard Botox Has when the pair got the better of Brewin'upastorm by a head.