Paul Townend to have further checks on foot injury after Fairyhouse fall
Irish champion due to partner well-fancied Burrows Saint in Grand National on Saturday.
Paul Townend will see a doctor later this week to determine the extent of a foot injury picked up at Fairyhouse on Sunday. Townend – who is due to partner second-favourite Burrows Saint in the Randox Grand National at Aintree – was riding Egality Mans for Willie Mullins in the Colm Quinn BMW Novice Hurdle when departing at the third-last, bringing down stablemate Power Of Pause ridden by Bryan Cooper, who escaped injury. He was taken to Blanchardstown Hospital for precautionary X-rays and missed his mounts on Irish National day.Follow us on Twitter racing365dotcom and like our Facebook page.
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