Lee suffers broken jaw

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Lee, second in the jockeys' championship with 89 winners (behind Tony McCoy's 132), was cannoned into and kicked by Sea Cadet after his mount Cash King fell in the novices' handicap chase.

Bloodied: Lee is cared for by a medic after his fall

Initially the 32-year-old was knocked unconscious but he soon recovered and was able to talk.

An air ambulance helicopter was summoned to the course but in the end he was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge by road.

Stephen Hughes, the attending medical officer, said: 'It looks like he has fractured his jaw in a couple of places. He was out for a moment but has responded to questioning.'

This means that the two top jockeys are out of action in the build-up to Cheltenham, although 12-times champion McCoy, who broke bones in his back in a fall at Warwick on January 12, expects to be back for the Festival.

Lee has a lot of good rides to look forward to from his guv'nor Ferdy Murphy who traditionally does well at Cheltenham.

Murphy said last night: 'It took Robert Winston a long time to come back after he broke his jaw, but Tony McCoy rode with a face mask and was back within 10 days.

'It depends how bad it is and whether they can wire it up safely.

'Timmy Murphy will ride L'Antartique in the Game Spirit at Newbury tomorrow. I just hope Graham is OK. He is a big cog in the wheels here.'