Group 1-winning jockey Luke Currie to undergo knee surgery, faces six weeks on sidelines

A bout of surgery is set to halt the momentum a Group 1-winning jockey has gained during the latter part of the Melbourne autumn.

Jockey Luke Currie will head off for knee surgery in the coming days. Picture: Getty Images

Surgery will halt jockey Luke Currie’s impressive recent form.

Currie rode a double for the Hayes brothers at last Saturday’s Caulfield meeting to accompany his double at Flemington on May 17 as he built a solid partnership with the Lindsay Park operation.

However, a knee issue sustained in a mishap will force Currie to soon go under the surgeon’s knife.

“I’ve done the meniscus in it at the jumpouts,” Currie said.

“It’s been sore all the time and they said, at some point, you’ve got to get it done.”

The meniscus acts as a ‘shock absorbing’ cartilage between femur and tibia bones, producing pain and stiffness in the knee when damaged.

Currie said it was the second time he had undergone the minor surgery.

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“I did the other one but worse when one flipped over in the gates years ago but they said this one has got a tear in it and had other wear and tear from over the years,” he said.

Currie said he expected to be away from racing for about six weeks.

However, he said the operation was necessary in order to have him ready for the richer period of the year.

“I just thought, I was always staying here getting going again, so it was the right time to have it done so I’ll be right for the spring,” Currie said.

Jockey Luke Currie produced a smart ride to get tricky import Dublin Journal home at Caulfield last Saturday. Picture: Getty Images

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Currie has ridden 22 winners in Melbourne in the 2024/25 season.

Currie will join Melbourne jockeys’ premiership leader Blake Shinn on the sidelines.

Shinn last week confirmed he would miss the remainder of the season after sustaining heavy bone bruising in an incident at the Cranbourne jumpouts last month.

Originally published as Group 1-winning jockey Luke Currie to undergo knee surgery, faces six weeks on sidelines