JOCKEY Michael O'Sullivan remains in intensive care five days after his horrific fall. The 25-year-old Cheltenham Festival-winning rider came down in an awful five-horse pile-up at Irish racecourse Thurles last week. An IHRB statement said this morning: "Michael continues to receive the best of care in the intensive care unit at Cork University Hospital. "Michael's family remain overwhelmed by the support and well wishes they have received over the last number of days.".
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O'Sullivan was aboard 6-5 fav Wee Charlie when he came down at the final fence of a 2m handicap chase. Two other jockeys, Daniel King and Sean Flanagan, suffered nasty falls while Phillip Enright and Tiernan Power Roche were also unseated. The remainder of the meeting was abandoned after the horrible flashpoint in the 2pm race. O'Sullivan was 'stabilised' on the track and later flown 74 miles away to the hospital.
