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...nearby hospital and treated for lacerations, bruises and fractures of his right arm and two fingers. A few days later, the youth was released and sent home to Kentucky to recuperate. The doctors' orders: no riding for at least six weeks, putting a temporary halt to the jockey's unmatched five-month winning spree. The grounded Cauthen is already champing at the bit. "He's mad that he's not out racing today," says his mother, Myra Cauthen. "He just wants to get back...
Another story, equally indicting, involves the now-famous jockey Valery Giscard-d'Estaing. D'Estaing fell from his horse while taking the second turn at Aqueduct. Despite the dead weight of the rider, hanging unharmed from a stirrup, his horse went on to win by 15 furlongs...
...annals of horse racing history, We could only find a single occurrence in which the jockey without any doubt had a positive influence. On August 14, 1927, in Saratoga Springs an untried colt named King Tut froze up at the starting gate at the annual running of the Governor's Cup. Despite all efforts to make Tut run, including the offering of sugar cubes, the horse stood, solid as a statue...
Realizing the seriousness of his dilemna, the jockey leapt from his mount and began a frenzied dash after the pack, which was already approaching the first turn. He finished a respectable fourth, just missing the Win, Place and Show money...
...jockey's run was aided greatly by poor track conditions resulting from heavy rain, which are a much greater detriment to horses than to human runners. With the possible advent of synthetic racing turf, this one vestige of hope for the jockey will also be lost...