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Curragh then Hong Kong for O'Donoghue

Colm O'DonoghueColm O'Donoghue
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Colm O'Donoghue is in line to return to action at the Curragh on Sunday having been on the sidelines since fracturing his collarbone at Limerick in June.

O'Donoghue, who is preparing for a six-month stint in Hong Kong, sustained the injury after being unseated from Diamond Lucy when the filly clipped the heels of another runner in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

He said: "I've been back riding out since last Monday, the injury has healed up well and Dr Adrian McGoldrick and his brother, surgeon Fergal, have been brilliant to me.

"I'm hoping to get a few rides at the Curragh, but I'm heading out to Hong Kong next week for six months so my focus is on that.

"The Hong Kong Jockey Club issues licences for six months and Mick Kinane was the last Irish jockey to be issued one. Three of us have been issued licences, the other jockeys are from South African and Italy.

"Hopefully things will work out well over there."