Veteran jockey Kendrick Carmouche suffered a hairline fracture of his right femur in the spill that occurred Saturday in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint and was tentatively scheduled for surgery Sunday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Carmouche, speaking early Sunday by phone from the Skyline Medical Center located north of Nashville, said doctors informed him he would be transferred sometime today.

“I had another set of x-rays taken and there’s no separation in the bone,” said Carmouche. “They’re going to put a screw in it and I’m going to be able to put pressure on the leg” soon thereafter. “They’re saying seven to eight weeks before I’m back riding.”

Carmouche, riding CHATTEL, fell heavily in midstretch after his mount clipped heels behind a drifting SOVEREIGN IMPACT, who following an inquiry was disqualified from third and placed last by the Kentucky Downs stewards. Sovereign Impact repeatedly came out under left-handed pressure from jockey Adam Beschizza, taking away running room for Chattel.

Chattel, owned by David Baxter and trained by Brandon McFarlane, suffered a fractured shoulder in the fall and had to be euthanized. The 2-year-old colt won the ungraded Skidmore at Saratoga in his prior start last month.

MOONLIGHT ROMANCE went on to dominate the race as the 8-5 favorite.

Carmouche, a 34-year-old Louisiana native, said he has been overwhelmed by “two or three hundred” calls and text messages following the spill. “Please tell everybody out there how much I appreciate their support.”

Now based primarily in New York, Carmouche has won more than 3,100 races and $100 million in purses in a career dating to 2000. Among his career honors was the 2017 Mike Venezia Award from the New York Racing Association.