Lee Surgery A Success Ferdy Murphy has issued a relatively upbeat bulletin on stable jockey Graham Lee, who suffered a sickening injury at Huntingdon on Thursday.Lee took a heavy fall from Cash King in the Betfredpoker Novices' Handicap Chase and was kicked by another runner as he lay on the ground.He fractured his jaw in two places but initial reports that he was set to miss the Cheltenham Festival may have been premature."We've got some good news, the surgeon said the breaks were very clean and the surgery went fantastic - they could not be happier with him," said Murphy."The normal process is about six weeks for such an injury but with Graham being a jockey and being as fit as he is that could be shorter."If that was the case it would be absolutely fantastic. Hopefully he'll be back for Cheltenham and if not, Aintree."I remember Robert Winston having the same injury and his was a bad break and he was out for three of four months so we are thrilled the breaks are clean and the surgery went fantastic."It's all a little bit better than it was last night."(C) PA Sport
