Jockey Danielle McCreery was taken to hospital by air ambulance after suffering a frightful fall before the first race at Redcar.

McCreery was unshipped from the Ruth Carr-trained Only A Splash going down to the start for the Market Cross Jewellers Apprentice Handicap.

The six-furlong contest was delayed 35 minutes while on-course medical staff attended to the rider.

Redcar chief executive Neil Etherington said: "The air ambulance arrived and she was taken to the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough."

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