Flood Emerges Relatively Unscathed

Paddy Flood has escaped with cuts and bruises after being knocked out when taking a nasty fall from Do The Trick in the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

The 5-1 favourite was in third place when crashing out at the third-last in the highly-competitive handicap won by Barker.

'I'm not too bad. I'm a bit sore, but OK,' he said.

'I was knocked out for three minutes, so I'm going to be out of action for 21 days. Then I will have to pass the doctor, but that should be no bother.

'I've just got a few cuts and bruises, but not nothing's broken. It could have been a lot worse.'

'I was taken to St James's Hospital in Dublin, but was allowed home last night. I've had a good night's sleep and am having plenty of rest.'

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