neck injury

Jockey Clifford Lee, who has been hospitalised with a neck injury since a moterbike accident last month, is recovering, according to trainer Karl Burke. The jockey was on holiday while serving a suspension after winning his last four rides, and sustained a neck injury in Scotland. He is slated to be moved from Edinburgh to Middlesbrough in the coming days. Lee celebrated his first Group 1 win aboard Venetian Sun (Starman) in the G1 Prix Morny this year. There have also been several other notable wins this season aboard Royal...

Abel Cedillo, who was involved in a one-horse spill soon after the start of the fourth race Sunday at Del Mar, has returned home after being hospitalized with a fractured bone in his neck. His neck injury was sustained when Get the Gold (Passion for Gold) clipped heels and threw the rider. The horse was quickly caught and walked off the track under his own power, while Cedillo was moved by track personnel before being taken by ambulance to Scripps Memorial Hospital. Michael Ciani, Cedillo's agent, told officials at Del...