exercise rider injured

A fundraising effort is underway to help 26-year-old exercise rider Hector Cotto, who has been hospitalized in Philadelphia since Saturday after being unable to avoid a head-on collision with a loose horse while he was breezing another Thoroughbred during morning training at Parx. Chelsea Hackbarth of the Paulick Report broke the story on Monday about the May 30 accident, which reportedly resulted in the deaths of the two horses involved. TDN could not confirm the names of the deceased horses prior to deadline for this story. Hackbarth quoted trainer Robert...