Five jockeys have escaped serious injuries in a multiple horse fall at Tamworth.
All five have been taken to hospital with Josh Adams-suffering a suspected leg injury, Rachel King (collarbone) Wendy Peel (shoulder), Kath Bell-Pitomac (mild concussion) and Greg Ryan relatively unscathed.
Ryan’s mount Son Of A Dun appeared to go amiss early in the 1400m race with James Richard (Adams) and Modern Family (King) directly behind and falling with apprentices Peel and Bell-Pitomac also coming off in the incident.
All were conscious when being attended to on the track.
Updates:
Josh Adams has lower lumber spine fractures that appear stable but may require being transferred to Newcastle. He also has a femur fracture that requires surgery.
Kath Bell-Pitomac Racing NSW’s Dr Duckworth has reported Kath suffered concussion and possible broken ribs. Kath will remain in hospital for a couple of days.
Rachel King has a bad clavicle fracture that will require surgery in Sydney during the week.
Wendy Peel Dr. Duckworth has reported that Wendy has a nasty shoulder fracture which requires surgery in Sydney.
Greg Ryan suffered a mild concussion and was discharged from hospital last night.
