Nicholls stable jockey faces week in hospital after damaging spleen

Sam Twiston-Davies was on Monday resigning himself to a week in hospital after it emerged a Chepstow fall on Sunday had left one of the sport's top riders with spleen problems.

Paul Nicholls' stable jockey was initially reported to have bruising to the stomach following the fatal accident suffered by his mount One More Go at Chepstow's penultimate flight.

Twiston-Davies was stood down by the racecourse doctor but then felt well enough to go home. However, he became poorly later in the day and was admitted to hospital in Gloucester, where father Nigel on Monday visited him and confirmed his son could spend the rest of the week under observation.