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Murtagh suffers skiing accident

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Johnny Murtagh revealed on twitter this morning that he has broken his collar-bone while on a skiing holiday in Austria.

Murtagh posted a picture of himself on holiday and also revealed the injury.

The former champion jockey tweeted this morning:-

"enjoying snow in Saalbach only problem small accident on top of mountain 1st day broken collar walking holiday now!!!"

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.
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