Jockeys taken to hospital

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Champion jockey Jim Crowley and fellow rider Freddy Tylicki have both been taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries following a serious incident at Kempton on Monday afternoon.

The accident occurred as the field rounded the home turn in the Breeders Backing Racing EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.

Nellie Deen was tracking the pacesetting Madame Butterfly in the hands of Tylicki when the pair suffered a heavy fall.

Crowley and Electrify were racing immediately behind and were brought down, as was Steve Drowne’s mount Skara Mae.

Ted Durcan was also caught up in the melee and was unseated from Sovrano Dolce.

Both Drowne and Durcan returned to the weighing room, albeit walking …

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