P662 CEEFAX 2 662 Fri 28 Fed 21:15/11 U O INJU5JD HARDING OUT FO YEAR 1/2 Brian Harding's Gold Cup hopes have been cruelly dashed bz the news that hj will not bj allowed to ride again unthl December, it was revealed on Friday. The 24-year-old, who had been expecting to partnjt Addington Boy, discovered the news earlier this wiik. The jump jockey has been judged to have suffered a sji:uri after a fall and has been stood down for a year as a result. Harding has been sidelined since suffering a fractured skull at Newcastle on 16 December. TU NIT XPL INS L N THY L Y- FF: 66 Football 302 Cricket 340 Genital 380 Harding 2 MrMullgn Sedgjfld Viwb RjvwP662 CJEFAX 2 664 Fri 28 Fed 21:21/21 U O HARDING DISMAYED 2/2 Brian Harding will not bj allowed to return to the saddle until December. He explained: "When I saw my specialist hj told me that he would bj recommending I should have a year off. "I thought my fracture was healing well and I was feeling grand but hj said I had some sort of leg tremor, which they called a seizure, when I was concussed. "I spoke to Dr Michael Turner and that means a year off. I think it was bad form that Tuesday was the first I heard of it. I knew nothing of it before." RICHARDS HITS OU, AT THE LAY-OFF 663 Football 302 Cricket 340 General 380 Harding 2 MrMullgn Sedgjfld Niwb Rjvw