A TOP British jockey broke multiple bones in a horror fall during a horse race.
Felix de Giles, a former French champion who was born in Britain, was involved in a sickening incident at Auteuil racecourse in Paris.
A top jocket suffered multiple broken bones in a horror fall[/caption]
The 36-year-old was flung from his horse, Sunny Swing, during Sunday’s Prix Jack Barbe hurdle race.
De Giles smashed into the floor following Sunny Swing’s trip over a jump.
He suffered multiple horror injuries in the accident, including two broken legs and a broken arm.
De Giles also fractured his femur and dislocated his hip.
And he is now recovering from his injuries in a Paris hospital.
De Giles is now expected to be out of action for around half a year.
Speaking from his hospital bed, the ace said: “The arm doesn’t feel too bad but the legs are pretty swollen.
“Unfortunately I was conscious throughout.
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“I saw my right leg was snapped but I have no idea how I managed to break both.
“They did all the repairs in one operation, the arm, both legs and put the hip back. I hope that’s it as far as operations go.
“I have to stay lying down for three weeks.
“Because of the hip I can’t even sit up in a wheelchair and whether I do that here or in a hospital nearer home I’m not sure yet. It hasn’t been decided.
“I’d have probably caught the leader in the jockeys’ title [which ends on January 31] because I tend to do well at Cagnes and Pau in the winter but that’s all in the past now.”
