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Shortall suffers broken collarbone

Sat 10th Jan 2015, 13:27

Shane Shortall
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Jockey Shane Shortall has suffered a fractured collar bone in a fall at Punchestown today.

The Galway Plate winning jockey, who missed all of September 2014 with a similar injury, took an early fall from Capture The Drama in the opening beginners' chase.

By Tom Weekes, additional reporting from Alan Magee

Jockeys Shane Shortall

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