Jockey Dylan Davis suffered a broken right collarbone in a spill that affected four horses Friday afternoon at Aqueduct, his agent Mike Migliore told the TDN's Bill Finley. Migliore updated late Friday that Davis also has multiple fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung.
Heavyweight Champs (Solomini), the third betting choice in a $17,500 claimer with a non-winners-of-three-lifetime condition, was a handy third and three wide tracking the pace into the turn, but broke down and fell three-eighths of a mile from the wire. He unseated his rider Ricardo Santana, Jr. in the process, and the Davis-ridden Tarpaulin (Leofric) could not avoid his stricken rival and fell, but picked himself up, completed the course and was caught by outriders before being walked off. Both Christopher Elliott aboard Because the Night (Uncle Mo) and Lane Luzzi astride Funny Uncle (Distorted Humor) were forced to take evasive action and both horses were eased, but were otherwise uninjured.
According to a statement from NYRA's Patrick McKenna, Heavyweight Champs was attended to immediately by veterinary staff, but due to the severity of the injury to his left front leg, could not be saved. Santana, Jr. visited on-track first aid under his own power, but was removed from his remaining mount.
Davis was transported to Jamaica Hospital for evaluation. There is no timetable for his return, Migliore said.
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