Bridgmohan out 4-6 weeks after training accident
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from the Louisville Courier-Journal:
Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan will be sidelined 4-6 weeks after sustaining a compression fracture in a vertebrae when a 2-year-old he was working Monday morning at Churchill Downs broke down after the wire.
Bridgmohan, 30, also suffered a concussion and said he doesn't remember what happened.
He said by phone Tuesday that he was preparing to be released from Norton Audubon Hospital. He'll wear a body brace for at least a couple of weeks, after which he'll return to the hospital for a checkup and more X-rays.
It's not a great big fracture that I have, but there is one there," he said
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Bridgmohan expects to race again for at least the last half of Saratoga's upcoming meet, which runs July 29 through Sept. 7.
Bridgmohan, who has been trainer Steve Asmussen's first-call rider for the past several years, won 41 races at the Churchill spring meet finishing fifth in the riding standings.
The 2-year-old in Monday's accident, who was trained by Asmussen, suffered catastrophic injuries and was euthanized
Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan will be sidelined 4-6 weeks after sustaining a compression fracture in a vertebrae when a 2-year-old he was working Monday morning at Churchill Downs broke down after the wire.
Bridgmohan, 30, also suffered a concussion and said he doesn't remember what happened.
He said by phone Tuesday that he was preparing to be released from Norton Audubon Hospital. He'll wear a body brace for at least a couple of weeks, after which he'll return to the hospital for a checkup and more X-rays.
It's not a great big fracture that I have, but there is one there," he said
.
Bridgmohan expects to race again for at least the last half of Saratoga's upcoming meet, which runs July 29 through Sept. 7.
Bridgmohan, who has been trainer Steve Asmussen's first-call rider for the past several years, won 41 races at the Churchill spring meet finishing fifth in the riding standings.
The 2-year-old in Monday's accident, who was trained by Asmussen, suffered catastrophic injuries and was euthanized
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