Updated: Albarados Broken Ankle To Keep Him Out Of Kentucky Derby

[Sunlei]

Source: paulickreport

Veteran jockey Robby Albarado, who was named to ride J Boys Echo in the Kentucky Derby on May 6, suffered a fractured ankle during an incident in Sunday's eighth race at Keeneland. Albarado's mount, Chiltern Street, threw him over his shoulders when the Wesley Ward trainee stumbled out of the starting gates, and the replay shows that the horse may struck the jockey's leg after he fell. Chiltern Street was apprehended by the outriders and appeared to be fine, but Albarado immediately complained of leg pain.

J Boys Echo won the G3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, and came back to finish fourth in the G2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland earlier this month. Albarado was named to ride the son of Mineshaft in the Kentucky Derby for trainer Dale Romans.

“Robby's horse (Chiltern Street) stumbled at the start of the race and Robby was thrown to the ground,” said Dr. Barry Schumer, Keeneland medical director. “He braced himself. He suffered an injury to his left ankle. He is being transported to UK Chandler Hospital (at the University of Kentucky in Lexington) for X-rays and further evaluation.”

The Daily Racing Form later reported that the injury to Albarado's ankle was indeed a fracture, and that the jockey would miss his Derby mount.


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[Fritz Walter]

1. Thank Dog they didn't shoot him!

As an expatriate Louisvillian, I'm watching the run-up to the Run-For-The-Roses™ -- despite the crass commercialisation of a traditional sport event.

I'm also aware that the industry treats jockeys almost as badly as they do the thoroughbreds. (One distinction: there are numerous (touristy) riding stables that actually rescue the animals. Makes me wonder what fate awaits jockeys who no longer earn what the "owners" demand.)

Who rescues the riders?

[jmowreader]

3. You mean, like...

[Fritz Walter]

4. I'd not seen that one

And I'm a big Larson fan. Perhaps this one was too over-the-top for my usual channels.

On a recent trip to Alaska, I got to ride a rescue thoroughbred gelding named Sabbath. (You can guess his color). So thankful that Chapter 9 was not applied to him.

Thanks!

[Coventina]

2. Horse racing is cruel to both horses and jockeys.

[Fritz Walter]

5. Too true!

Since moving to Florida, though, I found that greyhound racing is even more heartless. Proud to say that I've never set foot in a greyhound track, but have seen way too many of their torture trucks on the road. And I'm not a dog-person (due to allergies).

[Coventina]

7. Agreed, dog racing is also horrific. Both should be banned.

Human athletes know the risks associated with their sports.

Horses and dogs do not.

(And, the dogs are treated even more brutally between races than the horses are.)

[not fooled]

6. If there wasn't so much big $$$ and custom behind horse racing

it would be banned (well, maybe not during the viciously cruel dump admin).

Thoroughbreds and racing quarter horses are cruelly abused--overworked when too young, excessively medicated, and often discarded when no longer of "use".

Yes, there are some owners who treat their animals better, and some horses undergo successful transitions to post-racing careers. And yes, horses bred to run are doing what comes naturally, but not while their bodies are too young to withstand the stress, nor while medicated.

The industry does a good job with the PR and keeping the negative aspects hidden. Same thing applies to all horse sports in lesser degrees but racing is particularly egregious. And no, I'm NOT anti-horse sport, just against the more abusive aspects arising from greed and shortsightedness--for example, a lot of damage could be avoided by racing horses at an older age. Ain't gonna happen.

[briv1016]

8. Oh Family Guy