A spill at Lone Star Park on Monday resulted in minor facial fractures for jockey Carlos Montalvo, reports the Daily Racing Form. The two horses involved in the incident escaped unharmed, as did the other jockey, Ry Eikleberry.
During the fourth race at the Grand Prairie, Texas, track, Montalvo's mount Bling's Bellwether appeared to clip heels in the stretch. Eikleberry's mount, Oh Snap, was unable to avoid the fallen horse.
Eikleberry returned to ride his other mounts on the card, and will ride this weekend.
Montalvo was hospitalized until about 2 a.m. on Tuesday, according to his agent, Bradley White. There is no specific timetable for his return, but it appears the fractures will not require surgery.
“Aside from that, from what we know now, he dodged any major injuries,” White told DRF. “He's going to see a specialist about his face in the next day or two, when the swelling goes down.”
Over a career that dates back to 1999, Montalvo has amassed a record of 1,252 winners from 12,003 mounts.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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