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Colville on the sidelines

Irish amateur Pat Colville fancies a long spell out of the saddle after sustaining serious injuries in a fall at Cheltenham on Tuesday.

He was taken to Cheltenham General Hospital after falling from Duchamp in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase and found to have suffered broken ribs and a 20 per cent collapsed lung.

Colville was discharged from hospital at lunchtime today but the young rider, who is based at Ballydoyle with Aidan O`Brien, will have to return to hospital for a check-up in a month`s time.