Jockey Glen Colless will see a specialist next week about amputating a little toe which has been giving him grief.Colless mutilated his left foot in a freakish accident at Eagle Farm in February when a horse he was riding crashed into the outside rail.He broke three toes in the incident and surgeons later pinned two of them which were almost severed.Colless' little toe still troubles him and he was forced to stand down from riding after jamming his left foot against the starting stalls aboard Ra

Jockey Glen Colless will see a specialist next week about amputating a little toe which has been giving him grief.

Colless mutilated his left foot in a freakish accident at Eagle Farm in February when a horse he was riding crashed into the outside rail.

He broke three toes in the incident and surgeons later pinned two of them which were almost severed.

Colless' little toe still troubles him and he was forced to stand down from riding after jamming his left foot against the starting stalls aboard Rasmussen at Eagle Farm 11 days ago.

"The little toe is the worst," Colless said.

"I'm seeing a specialist on the 26th to see if I can have it amputated.

"I spoke to the club doctor about it and he told me I wouldn't be out long if the toe was cut off.

"It's only a toe."

Colless, a three-time winner of the Brisbane jockeys' premiership, has been in superb form lately and rode four winners at Eagle Farm last Saturday.

Three of his winners were for his long-time boss, Gold Coast trainer Alan Bailey.

Colless has contemplated having his toe amputated since the initial accident but resisted while a close friend worked on developing a special guard to protect his foot.

"I'll still need some sort of protection if the toe is amputated," Colless said.

"I've got someone looking at developing some sort of protection that will slip over the foot.

"It would need to be made out of Kevlar or something similar like fibreglass to stand up to being knocked against the barrier.

"Hitting my toe against the barrier is what causes all the grief."

Colless isn't worried about when to have the toe removed as he hasn't received any offers to ride in Melbourne during the spring.