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The Professional Jockeys Association has moved to prevent a repeat of the painful fate that befell Ryan Mania the day after he won the Grand National.

Ryan Mania, having been detained a second night in hospital, was discharged in time to head home to Galashiels for a celebration of his breakthrough success in the Grand National. Scans did reveal that the young Scotsman suffered a minor fracture of his C7 vertebra when taking a fall from his very next mount after Auroras Encore, at Hexham on Sunday. But Mania described himself as no more than "a bit tired and sore", having otherwise suffered only soft tissue and ligament damage, and stressed his determination to be riding again sooner rather than later.

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After a weekend that catapulted him to fame, and then almost directly into a hospital bed, Ryan Mania spent yesterday patiently awaiting confirmation that he had not used up all his luck in winning the Grand National at the first attempt on Auroras Encore. The young jockey, airlifted to hospital in Newcastle after a hurdles fall at Hexham on Sunday, was expecting to be allowed home last night after a further precautionary scan. Mania's mother, Lesley, described him as "a wee bit sore" but still in high spirits.

Grand National, Channel 4

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