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Jockey Miguel Mena Killed In Vehicular Accident

Jockey Miguel Mena was tragically killed in a vehicular accident on Sunday night in Louisville, Ky. The 34-year-old was struck by a vehicle as a pedestrian on Interstate 64, according to wave3.com. Local police are calling the death an accident.

A native of Peru, Mena moved to the United States at age 17. Basing his career in the Midwest, Mena won 2,079 races from just over 16,000 starts.

Mena was presented with the inaugural Randy Romero “Pure Courage” Award in February of 2020, following his recovering from a debilitating ankle injury suffered in early 2018.

Mena is survived by his wife April and their two daughters, Naelah and Montserrat.

For more about Mena's career, here is a feature from earlier this summer.

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Jockey Killed In Racing Accident At Oregon Fair Meet

Jockey Eduardo Gutiérrez Sosa was killed in a Quarter Horse racing accident at the Crooked River Roundup in Prineville, Ore., on Wednesday, according to a report in the Central Oregonian. The veteran rider was aboard 2-year-old Godfather Advice in the first race on the card, and was thrown when his mount hit the inside rail, hitting the rail head first before falling to the ground.

The second race was held after a 30-minute delay, then race director Doug Smith made the announcement over the track's public address system that Gutiérrez Sosa had died as a result of his injuries, and cancelled the remainder of the card. Smith added that he and other members of the Roundup board were heartbroken by the news.

Equibase's race chart indicates that Godfather Advice, trained by Rosa Rodriguez, walked off the track under his own power.

Gutiérrez Sosa was the co-leading rider in the standings at the 2019 Crooked River Roundup meet. The fair meet was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. According to Equibase, Gutiérrez Sosa won 171 Quarter Horse races and 194 Thoroughbred races over a career that began in 2013.

Racing at Crooked River is scheduled to resume on Thursday, July 15.

Read more at the Central Oregonian.

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Amateur Jockey Lorna Brooke Dies After Fall; First British Rider Killed In Racing Accident Since 2005

Amateur jockey Lorna Brooke died in the hospital on Sunday, reports The Guardian, succumbing to injuries she sustained in a fall at Taunton Racecourse on April 8. The 37-year-old is the first jockey killed in a racing incident in Britain since 2005, when Tom Halliday fell at Market Rasen.

Racecourses around Britain observed a moment of silence on Monday, and jockeys wore black armbands.

Brooke was aboard Orchestrated, a horse trained and owned by her mother, Lady Susan Brooke, when she was unseated at the third fence on the course. She was treated on track before being airlifted to Southmead Hospital, where she was treated for suspected spinal injuries. Following complications, Brooke was placed into an induced coma, from which she never emerged.

The amateur jockey had ridden in over 400 races, mostly for her mother, piloting 17 winners in Britain and Ireland since 2001.

Read more at The Guardian.

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