Isaac Castillo, second-leading rider at the current Monmouth Park meet, will miss “two to three weeks” with a cervical injury after his mount stumbled badly and unseated him in the ninth race Sunday.
Dr. Angelo Chinnici, the track's Medical Director, said Castillo will be closely monitored by orthopedic specialists during his recovery.
Castillo was injured when the Gregg Sacco-trained Insatiable took a bad step and stumbled near the three-eighths pole in the 5 ½-furlong turf allowance races for fillies and mares, pitching him forward onto the turf course. He was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune City for X-rays, which revealed the cervical injury.
Castillo goes to the sidelines just a day after he set a personal best with six winners on the Monmouth Park card. He is second in the Monmouth Park jockey standings with 30 winners, eight behind leading rider Paco Lopez.
Insatiable, a 3-year-old Constitution filly owned by Red Oak Stable, walked off the course, according to the Equibase chart.
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