Jockey Jon Court, who last year became the oldest jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby at age 58, will miss all of Ellis Park's opening weekend after sustaining a hairline fracture in his hand, said agent Steve Krajcir.
Court, a six-time Ellis riding champ and the only person to win five straight titles, rode at Indiana Grand on Tuesday. Krajcir said the jockey slipped and fell in his backyard that evening, holding out his hand to brace himself. The agent said Court will miss the rest of this holiday weekend but that he's hopeful he can be back riding at Ellis Park July 17. That's when Ellis Park resumes racing after ceding next week to Keeneland's make-up meet.
“He thought it was going to be a lot worse,” Krajcir said. “He gets hurt more without horses than with them.”
Court had shoulder surgery in 2018 after a motorcycle accident, which came two years after sustaining broken ribs while water-tubing.
“He won't sit still,” said Krajcir, who in the past has said he wants to wrap Court in bubble wrap on days he's not riding.
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