Multiple Group 1 winning jockey Michelle Payne will spend the coming weeks considering her future in the saddle following her second serious fall of the year."I'm not going to rush into anything," Payne, who is now recuperating at home after being hospitalised following a fall last Friday, said today of her future.The premier rider suffered two broken vertebrae and a serious concussion when she fell from Julinsky in the opening race at Ararat.Significantly the fractured vertebrae are t

Multiple Group 1 winning jockey Michelle Payne will spend the coming weeks considering her future in the saddle following her second serious fall of the year.

"I'm not going to rush into anything," Payne, who is now recuperating at home after being hospitalised following a fall last Friday, said today of her future.

The premier rider suffered two broken vertebrae and a serious concussion when she fell from Julinsky in the opening race at Ararat.

Significantly the fractured vertebrae are the same two, the T5 and T6, which Payne fractured in a race fall at Donald in May, although fortunately the fractures are on the other side of the spine.

Payne, who turns 27 on Saturday, had signalled her intention to consider retirement from the end of 2013 following her fall at Donald.

Payne, who is in good spirits all things considered, was most concerned by the blow to her head when discussing her plight today.

"It felt as though I hit my head a lot worse than last time," Payne said.

"It was a pretty bad concussion, the last two days have been horrible and I've struggled to get out of bed, although I am feeling much better today."

Payne said she would speak to Racing Victoria's consultant physician Dr Gary Zimmerman before making a decision on her riding future.

"I'm concerned because it's the fifth time since 2004 that I've been seriously concussed so I want to speak with Gary Zimmerman before I make any decisions (on my future)," she said.

A four time Group 1 winner, Payne first broke through at the elite level aboard the Bart Cummings-trained Allez Wonder in the 2009 Toorak Handicap before winning three Group 1s on the Stuart Webb-trained mare Yosei.

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