Horrific Spill At Tampa

[ReplayRandall]

Please take a moment to pray for the 4 jockeys and their horses who took a frightening spill on the final turn into today's 6th race at Tampa Bay Downs..

[HUSKER55]

3 of the jocks didn't move and neither did one of the horses. anyone heard an update?

not there is such a thing as a good spill but that was nasty.

[Augenj]

Sad day. According to the chart, the 5 broke down at the 1/4 pole and the 7, 6, and 4 fell over her or the others. :ThmbDown:

[cutchemist42]

Very sad to hear, hope for any animals and jockeys to come out of as well as possible.

Did Tampa cancel the card?

[ReplayRandall]

They waited for both ambulances to return, per State law, and then resumed racing.......UPDATE: All jockeys confirmed OK, bumps and bruises only but still at Hospital for further observation. As far as the horses are concerned, 3 of them are doing OK, however, the #5- La Ranchera sadly died instantly on the track......

[098poi]

They waited for both ambulances to return, per State law, and then resumed racing.......UPDATE: All jockeys confirmed OK, bumps and bruises only but still at Hospital for further observation. As far as the horses are concerned, 3 of them are doing OK, however, the #5- La Ranchera sadly died instantly on the track......

If there can be any good news I think this was it, thanks for the update.

[chadk66]

they need to immediately implement aquaducts new rules

[Grits]

Glad these riders were not badly hurt and sorry for the horse who died. Thankful I didn't see this. It gets harder rather than easier. Thank you for sharing the outcome, R2.

[FrankieFigs]

they need to immediately implement aquaducts new rules

Have there been issues at Tampa this meet? I haven't heard of many.

[Big Russ]

The unfortunate mare was owned and trained by Marcial Navarro.

[Big Russ]

From a Tampa Bay Downs Facebook post overnight:

We are very grateful to report that jockeys Alice Cartwright, Janelle Campbell and Antonio Gallardo were released from the hospital earlier tonight. Cartwright suffered a concussion in the spill and will have to wear a neck brace for eight weeks. Campbell and Gallardo were both extremely sore, but incurred no broken bones.
Huber Villa-Gomez, the other jockey involved, reported extreme back pain and was expected to remain hospitalized overnight.
The intersection of these young men and women's love of Thoroughbreds, their athletic ability and their personal courage brings all of us many thrills and enjoyment, and we are thankful beyond words they were not more seriously hurt. Our thoughts will be with all four throughout their recovery.

[pandy]

I could be wrong but I was watching the race live and it looked to me that the unfortunate mare that caused the spill had a heart attack while she was running. You could see that after she fell and flipped over onto her back she did not move at all. As soon as I saw it I thought it was a heart attack.

[sjk]

I thought is was a heart attack too from watching it live. Could not watch replay.