Jockey Tylicki stable after fall

Champion jockey Jim Crowley and fellow rider Freddy Tylicki were 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 gingerly, but Tylicki and Crowley were attended to on the track for some time before being taken to the major trauma unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting.

No update on their condition is expected until Tuesday morning, although ITV’s new racing presenter Matt Chapman said he had received a ‘thumbs up’ from Crowley when he asked of his condition through Facebook.

Clerk of the course Barney Clifford told Racing UK: “Both jockeys have gone to St George’s in Tooting for further investigation.

“Freddy Tylicki was airlifted and Jim Crowley has gone by road …

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