A jockey was knocked unconscious and his mount was fatally injured, fracturing its skull, in a horrifying accident at Aqueduct Raceway in New York Saturday.
Two thoroughbreds collided into each other at full speed during a race at the track in Queens, the New York Daily News reported Sunday. Injured jockey Jason Garcia, 28, was taken from the track on a stretcher and didn’t regain consciousness until he was in a hospital emergency room.
Garcia was riding the pony Ryan and Jack when another horse, October Dreams, plowed into them at a full gallop. The horses became entangled, according to the News, with Ryan and Jack finally landing on top of Garcia.
In addition to a concussion, the jockey also had several broken ribs and contusions.
Ryan and Jack sustained a fractured skull in the collision, and was put to sleep on the track.
October Dreams wasn’t hurt, and his jockey, Jose Bermudez, was hospialized for injured ribs.