Jockey Michael O’Sullivan in intensive care after fall at Thurles Michael O’Sullivan, who was airlifted to hospital after being injured in a fall at Thurles on Thursday, remains in intensive care, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board said in an update on the jockey’s condition on Friday.
“Michael is in the intensive care unit at Cork University hospital being treated for his injuries sustained at Thurles yesterday and is receiving the best medical care,” Dr Jennifer Pugh, the IHRB’s chief medical officer, said on Friday morning.
O’Sullivan, 25, who is in his ninth season with a licence, has ridden three Grade One winners during his career and enjoyed his finest moment to date when steering Marine Nationale to victory in the Supreme Novice Hurdle, the opening race of Cheltenham’s festival meeting, in 2023.
He rode the same horse to win the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle earlier in the season, and also landed a Grade One novice hurdle at the Dublin racing festival in February 2023.
O’Sullivan has subsequently been riding as a freelance for trainers including Willie Mullins and Pat Foley, and rode two horses for the French-based partnership of Noel George and Amanda Zetterholm at Ascot in November.
