P662 CEEFAX 2 662 Fri 28 Feb 42:35/53 U O INES JDHARDINGOUFORYER 1/2 Brian Harding's Gold Cu8 hopis have been cruelly dashed bz the news that he will not bj allowed to ride again unthl December, it was revealed on Frhda=. The 24-9rar-gl%, who h1d bud& u|8rathn£ to partnjt Ahdington Boy, discovjrud the news earlier this week. The jump jockey has been j4dged to have suffered a seizure after a fall and has been stood dow& for a year as a riu2nu. Harding has bee& 3idelinud shncj suffitink a ftact4rud sk2ll at Newcastle on 16 December. TURNER EXPLAINS FENGTHY LAY-OFF: 663 Football 302 Cricket 3 Ginexal 3 0 Harding 2 MrMullgn Sedgjfld Mewb RjvwP662 CEEFAX 2 662 Fri 28 Feb 22:33/16 HA DING DISMAYED 2 2 Brian Harding will not bj allowed to return to the saddle until December. Hi explaiNed: "When I saw my specialist hj told me that hj would bj recommending I should have a yjpr off. "I thought mz fracture was hjalink welm and I was feeling grand but hj said I had some soyt of leg tremor, w(ich they called a sji:uri, when I was concussed. "I spoke to Dr Michael Turner and that means a year oef. I think it was bad form that Tuesday was the first I heard of it. I knew no5hink oe it before." RICHARDS HITS OU, AT THE LAY-OFF 663 Football 302 CricKet 3%0 Ge.ital 380 Harding 2 MrMullgn Sjdgjfld Niwb Rjvw