Apprentice jockey Jack Taplin sustained a broken wrist in Saturday’s shocking race fall at Riccarton Park, which involved four other jockeys including Bridget Grylls and Brandon May, who were also injured.
Taplin’s mount King Of The Castle was brought down by the fallen Richard Stomper (May) near the 550m, with the trailing Koyama (Yogesh Atchamah), She’s So Reliable (Grylls) and Proserve (Brett Murray) unable to avoid the fallen horses and dislodging their respective riders.
Atchamah and Murray were assessed by St John personnel and cleared of injury, while Taplin, May and Grylls were transported to Christchurch Hospital for further assessment.
All horses came through the incident relatively unscathed with just bumps, bruises and scrapes reported.
New Zealand Jockeys’ Association Executive Officer Andrew Lacy shared further updates on the riders on Sunday evening.
“I have been in contact with all of the jockeys involved in this incident, and fortunately Brandon May, Jack Taplin and Bridget Grylls have all been discharged from hospital,” he said.
“Jack has shattered his wrist and has a possible fracture in his arm, he came out of hospital early on Sunday morning and is taking it as it comes at this stage.
“Brandon was quite sore in the lower back and pelvic area after being stood on by a horse, so he went to the hospital and fortunately everything came out clear in the x-ray. He has some internal bleeding on the muscle in that area, but is resting up and feeling very grateful as it could’ve been a lot worse.
“Bridget sustained a concussion and dislocated and possibly broke her finger, and also got stitches for a scratch on her knee.
“Brett was not injured in the incident and will be riding at the trials at Riccarton on Monday.
“Yogesh has also been cleared to ride after being checked at the meeting.”