True or false

[betsall]

Jockey Frank Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack in the middle of a race at New York's Belmont Park in 1923. Legend has it that his horse, Sweet Kiss, went on to cross the finish line first. If true, that would make Hayes the only dead jockey ever to win a horse race.

[Nacumi]

True.

[Tom]

True.
And no, he did not "stiff" the horse.

[falconridge]

True. The reinsman sat chilly. :eek:

[SMOO]

Some modern day jocks should learn from his example.

[46zilzal]

Same thing happened at the standard breds: driver had an MI, died, finished in front.

There is another example from Bay Meadows when Ralph Neves was reported dead in the newspaper (he had left the track for the hospital unconscious and reported dead) then woke up, and rode several horse in the money later in the program.
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=258

[Tom]

Dead in the saddle, alive in the double.:rolleyes:

[TEJAS KIDD]

Congrats to the owner of the horse, won the race and didnt have to pay the jock's fees.

[jma]

I've bet some guys who were like dead weight on a horse, but never one who was literally dead...

[ldiatone]

Dead in the saddle, alive in the double.:rolleyes:
OMG LOL ROTF!!

[Semipro]

Some eye witnesses said it was a DEAD HEAT..

[JustRalph]

Dead in the saddle, alive in the double.:rolleyes:

Classic! Tom you rule!

[BillW]

How about Ralph Neves :eek:

http://www.snopes.com/sports/horse/deadjockey.asp

Some jocks just don't know when to quit!

[Dan Montilion]

Hell this happens every day, every race. How many "brain dead" riders did you back today?