FRANKIE DETTORI was rushed to hospital after a nasty fall – as he thanked doctors for ‘putting me back together’.
The world’s most famous jockey, 53, was unseated from two-year-old filly Pretty Liza before a race at Aqueduct in New York, US.
He was able to walk to the on-course ambulance, which immediately took him to Jamaica Hospital for further evaluation.
Dettori posted a hospital bed selfie assuring fans he was OK.
And he wrote: “I appreciate all the messages. I’m doing OK! I dislocated my right shoulder – my team here in the hospital have put it back together.
“Thanks for the messages of concern, it means a lot.”
More to follow.
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