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Samatha Clenton to undergo surgery
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Apprentice Samantha Clenton needs surgery after a race fall at Scone. (AAP)
Apprentice Samantha Clenton will need surgery after fracturing two vertebrae and her left collarbone in a race fall at Scone.
Clenton was taken to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital after Friday's fall and Racing NSW doctor David Duckworth said she would have an operation next week.
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The jockey only returned to riding last month after spending months sidelined by injuries suffered in a multiple-horse fall at Taree in May.