Jockey Barry Geraghty suffers a broken leg after a heavy fall at Aintree on the eve of the Grand National.
Geraghty clutched his leg after falling from Peregrine Run, and was stood down for the rest of the day, with Mark Walsh replacing him on Champ, who won the following Sefton Novices' Hurdle.
Geraghty won the National in 2003 on Monty's Pass and is the second most successful jockey at the Cheltenham Festival after Ruby Walsh. "In terms of when I'll be back, it's too early to say. It's probably going to need surgery to straighten it. I'd only be guessing at this stage, but I'll probably be at least 10 to 12 weeks on the sidelines."
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