There were no serious injuries to horses or riders from a five-horse spill at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., on Tuesday.
Jockeys Frankie Pennington and Abner Adorno got the worst of it, with Pennington suffering bruised ribs and Adorno reporting a sore shoulder. Both were taken to a local hospital where X-rays were negative. They were off their remaining mounts on Tuesday and took off their Wednesday mounts.
The other three riders, Andy Hernandez, Gherson Huayas, and Angel Castillo rode in later races on Tuesday.
The incident occurred when the field of eight was nearing the top of the stretch in the six-furlong starter allowance race. Hernandez and Midlaner were moving up along the rail and were bumped by My Last Mission, who was ridden by Jeremy Rose.
Midlaner stumbled and fell, throwing Hernandez to the ground. The four trailing horses – Dixie's Two Stents and Pennington, Polar Wind and Adorno, Bucks Are Moving and Castillo, and Maxim Moment and Huayas – were unable to avoid Midlaner and tripped, unseating their riders.
All the horses managed to scramble to their feet and did not appear to suffer serious injuries.
Stewards conducted an inquiry but made no change to the order of finish, with just three runners completing the course. Winner Iconic Legacy and runner-up Honorary Degree were not involved in the accident; My Last Mission, whose bump of Midlaner set off the chain reaction, finished third.
Pennington, approaching 3,000 career wins and a multi-time leading rider at Parx, could return as early as May 6. That's according to Hunter Martel – son of Pennington's agent, Robert Martel – who is subbing for his father during the latter's brief absence from the track. “His plan is to try and ride on Saturday if he's feeling up to it,” the younger Martel said. “He's got some bruised-up ribs.”
Tuesday's live racing program began with another spill, this one occurring when Kadens Courage under apprentice Yabriel Ramos clipped heels with E T's Candy Man and Luis Ocasio at the top of the stretch of a six-furlong sprint for $5,000 claimers. Kadens Courage, owned by Trending Stable, was euthanized. Ramos was taken to the hospital, but also escaped serious injury. He is named on horses May 6.
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