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AMATEUR OR MEGASTAR, THE AMBULANCE STILL FOLLOWS
April 21, 2021 11:31 am
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
As
death of a female amateur jockey in
England last Sunday is a reminder of the unique risks of the only sport that has an ambulance at its tail.
Whether hero or toiler – like ill-fated
English amateur Lorna Brooke – the danger is the same, day in, day out.
In no other sport does the dark cloud hang lower and heavier and more relentless over its competitors. You wonder why they’re not always bright and cheery and helpful? Walk in their shoes.
I had lunch with a champion young jockey four or five years ago. A mutual friend, also a jockey, had suffered a near-fatal injury that left him with irreparable injuries.
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