Blanc sidelined with broken ribs following Monday fall

Jockey Brice Blanc was released from a San Diego area hospital Tuesday after sustaining broken ribs in a one-horse spill in the eighth race Monday at Del Mar.

Blanc is expected to be sidelined for six weeks, according to his agent, George Bradvica.

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Blanc was aboard Great Power, who appeared to clip heels with a rival on the turn of the turf race, causing the fall. Blanc was taken from the track on a stretcher. Great Power was vanned to trainer Simon Callaghan’s stable and did not sustain an injury, Callaghan said.

Blanc was held for observation in the hospital on Monday night. Through Monday, Blanc, 47, has won eight races from 106 mounts this year, and had three wins at the Del Mar summer meeting. Blanc won the Astra Stakes for fillies and mares on turf at Santa Anita in January on Ms Peintour.