Jockey unseated by stray golf ball

Jockey Kieren Fox was left dazzled and bemused on Friday when his mount unseated him in the closing stages of the 5f juvenile maiden at Sandown after being distracted by a golf ball that had ricocheted off the helmet of fellow rider Charlie Bennett.

Fox was at the rear of the field on the John Best-trained Luxford and stood no chance of staying on as she jinked in the final furlong, with replays showing a golf ball being kicked up by one of the leaders and pinging off the helmet of Bennett and across the front of Fox.