Ruby Walsh has suffered a suspected broken leg following his fall from Let's Dance at Punchestown this afternoon.
The 4-9 favourite in the 14.20 Frontline Security Mares Hurdle, Walsh's fall coincided with a potentially disastrous kick off his own horse.
Ruby Walsh is being tended to on the track after a leg injury sustained when falling from the odds-on favourite Let's Dance at Punchestown
— Racing Post (@RacingPost) November 18, 2017
According to Gary O'Brien of At The Races, Walsh will be under close medical scrutiny now and has been taken to hospital:
It looks like a lower-right leg fracture, which if confirmed might well need to be operated on.
He is gone initially to Naas hospital for X-rays and will probably be heading on to Tallaght hospital after that for further assessment.
Speculating upon Walsh's return, O'Brien did suggest that it would be 'months rather than weeks' before the jockey returns.
According to the Turf Club's chief medical officer Dr Adrian McGoldrick, Walsh was 'fully alert' leaving Punchestown.
Unusually, this fall had been Walsh's third of the afternoon. At what was set to be an extremely busy time of year for Walsh, he was due to ride former Champion Hurdle hero Faugheen in Punchestown tomorrow.
That will naturally have to wait however as Walsh looks into the Christmas period working on his recuperation.
