Joe Bowditch Sidelined With Neck Fracture

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The spring aspirations of Group One-winning have been dealt a blow with scans showing a neck fracture following a fall at Sale.

Bowditch was one of four jockeys to fall at Sale on Wednesday with apprentices and on the injured list.

injury, riding in jump-outs at before the meeting on Friday.

Bowditch was originally cleared of a clavicle fracture and was thought to be suffering soft tissue damage.

But the Victorian Jockeys' Association said on Friday, Bowditch had undergone further scans which revealed he had sustained a stable fracture in his neck and a fractured left clavicle requiring between two and three months on the sidelines.

Caserta suffered a fracture of the C5 vertebra, a bruised lung and concussion with an expected recovery time of six weeks.

Stockdale fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot and will be in a moon boot for six to eight weeks while he was also concussed and suffered facial lacerations.

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