Golden Gate: Couton out 2-3 months

Jockey Julien Couton, initially reported as suffering only back bruises in a Friday spill at Golden Gate Fields, will miss eight to 12 weeks with compression fractures to the seventh and eighth thoracic vertebrae, track physician Dr. David Seftel reported Saturday.

“A reread of his CAT scan revealed the fractures,” said Seftel, who said there was no evidence of any spinal cord impairment.

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