Irish conditional jockey Tommy Dowling has been operated on but trainer Charlie Mann is refusing to put a timescale on his comeback

The 7lb claimer took a nasty tumble from the Mann-trained My Anchor at the first flight in a handicap hurdle at Fontwell on Friday.

The Wicklow-born jockey broke his shoulder, his collarbone and also bruised his kidneys among other injuries.

Mann said: “He had two steel rods put in his back on Sunday at a hospital in Brighton.

“I don’t know how long he’s going to be out as he’s had a bad fall and broken lots of bones.”