For more information contact [email protected] Jockeys are usually flung from the saddle and away from the danger of a horse's massive body when being unseated. But Bowen was face down in the mud ...

HISA rules prevent cruelty, mistreatment, neglect, or abuse toward horses and a jockey from using their crop except in a professional manner consistent with maintaining a horse's focus and ...

A JOCKEY has died aged 43 after a horse 'went berserk' in a horrific racecourse smash-up. Famed Japanese rider Kosuke Matsumoto, 43, was rushed to hospital following the incident at Sonoda Racecourse.

A jockey has tragically died after a freak training ... According to local media reports, he was exercising his horse on the track when another horse, which has been heading to the stable area ...

The rider fell off his horse and 'hit his head hard on the ground', according to reports. Police are now said to have launched an investigation into the pile-up, which saw two other jockeys escape ...