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JOCKEY Aidan MacDonald s doctors are said to be happy with his progress after he was rushed to hospital in a critical condition, a fortnight after a crashing fall at Hexham. MacDonald was riding the Micky Hammond-trained Russian Royale in the Welcome To Hexham 2021 Conditional Jockeys’ Mares’ Handicap Hurdle on March 18 when he fell three flights from home. While he went to hospital on the day and was later discharged, he was readmitted after being taken ill on Wednesday last week when he collapsed in Middleham. Hammond said: “Andrew Bacon, the ex-jockey, was on his way to work at Mark Johnston’s and he cradled Aidan for more than an hour. And Tony Hewson in the village shop was brilliant too.”