O'Connor out for six weeks with broken elbow

Derek O'Connor's unfortunate tale of injury woes continue as the leading point-to-point rider will be out for up to six weeks after suffering a broken elbow on Monday.

Having ridden four winners at the weekend, O'Connor was thrown off a young horse at his home and underwent surgery on Tuesday.

The 11-time champion point-to-point rider, who won the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on Minella Rocco for Jonjo O'Neill in March, missed the final few months of last season after fracturing his left tibia from a fall at Quakerstown later that month and Jamie Codd went on to be crowned champion rider.