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Your support makes all the difference.George Duffield escaped serious injury in accident in the winner's enclosure at Newcastle yesterday. The 50-year-old appeared to badly hurt when Miss Main Street lashed out in the winners' enclosure after he had ridden her to victory in the second race.
Duffield lay on the ground in agony as medics rushed to offer assistance and it was only after several minutes that the senior jockey gingerly got to his feet before being put on a stretcher.
It later emerged that Duffield had suffered nothing worse than bruising to his thigh. He missed his ride on All On in the fourth race but, after some treament, was able to partnere Missfortuna in the last.
"I'm very lucky. If the kick had been just a few inches further up I was in trouble. It would have done me up right and proper," said Duffield. "A two-year-old spooked and that is part and parcel of the job.''
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