Jockey Luca Panici, the popular South Florida-based jockey who delivered Sole Volante to the winner's circle in last year's Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, will miss several weeks after suffering three fractured vertebrae in Saturday's 10th race at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Panici was unseated from his mount Bourbon Highway leaving the chute in the one-mile event. According to Panici's agent, Kevin Meyocks, Panici will see a specialist in the coming days. “They say there's no surgery. He just needs time to heal,” Meyocks said.
Panici has won 724 races since coming to the U.S. from Italy, where he rode more than 500 winners. In 2020 Panici came back from two injuries, a fracture collarbone in February and two broken ribs in April.
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