Ryan Moore Suffers Fracture, Out For The Season

Ryan Moore is set to miss the rest of the current campaign after Aidan O'Brien revealed that he has suffered a leg fracture.

Wayne Lordan takes over the Curragh rides on Saturday, with the trainer explaining, “Ryan had been struggling with his right leg since after the Irish Derby. They initially thought it might have been muscles or ligaments, but he had a scan yesterday and they found a fracture in his femur.”

“Obviously, he has no choice but to give it time and that's the way it will be,” he added. “I don't know how long he will be, whether he'll be one, two or three months but Ryan will know when it's right and will get it scanned regularly to see if it is healing, so we'll go from there.”

“The femur is obviously the biggest bone in your body and they said it was lucky it didn't break, because it was that bad. He is an amazing man really to have been able to keep going with it. He might have aggravated it when riding a filly of ours in Germany recently so obviously had no choice but to get it checked and it is 100% the right thing. He is perfect, is a professional and is made of concrete, so will be back.”