Greg Cheyne hopes to have an operation on the multiple fractures in his right foot tomorrow. Previously it was too swollen for the surgeon to operate.

Cheyne (pictured) suffered the injuries when the subsequently scratched hot favourite Mount Keith was in the pens for the two-year-old race at Kenilworth on December 27.

He said yesterday: “When the horse became fractious my foot got trapped between the stirrup iron, the starting stalls and the horse. When he became more unruly the pressure was such that my foot was basically crushed. There are seven fractures and two displacements.”

Donavan Mansour has been out of action since Boxing Day when he was injured riding Geoff Woodruff’s  Sansui Summer Cup winner and J & B Met candidate Master Sabina in trackwork at Milnerton.

He said: “I was waiting for the tractor to come past but, when it did, Master Sabina went from being totally relaxed to stressed and I half fell off. When I was trying to stay on, and get my leg back over the saddle, I tore my groin and lower abdominal muscles quite badly.

“The doctor said that, judging from the x-rays, I would be out for three months but I am trying everything to speed that up including jet therapy and an oxygen chamber. I don’t want to miss out on the Triple Crown in Jo’burg. If I can get back in time, I can ride Brazuca in the Gauteng Guineas (Feb 27).”

By Michael Clower