{"id":289041,"date":"2023-04-24T05:20:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T05:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289041"},"modified":"2023-04-24T05:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T05:58:09","slug":"jockey-airlifted-to-hospital-after-horror-race-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289041","title":{"rendered":"Jockey airlifted to hospital after horror race fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victorian jockey<\/a> Dean Holland has been airlifted to a Melbourne hospital in a critical condition after a race fall.<\/p>\n

\ufeffHolland's horse was one of two that fell during the first race at Donald – a small town to the north-west of Melbourne – on Monday.<\/p>\n

Holland is 34 years old and one of the top jockeys in Victoria.<\/p>\n

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He has won a Newmarket Handicap and has more than 1000 career wins to his name, totalling more than $32 million in prizemoney for connections.<\/p>\n

\ufeffOn Monday he was aboard Headingley in the 1000m opening race when his mount shifted inwards and then fell as the field turned into the straight.<\/p>\n

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That caused Time To Rumble to also fall, but its jockey Alana Kelly was able to get up and walk back to the mounting yard virtually unscathed.<\/p>\n

\ufeffStewards made the decision to abandon the entire rest of the meeting as a helicopter was called to transport Holland to Melbourne.<\/p>\n

It is the latest in a string of serious falls at Victorian meetings in recent times.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffLeading Melbourne jockeys Ethan Brown<\/a>, Jamie Kah<\/a>, Teo Nugent<\/a>, and Craig Williams all spent time in hospital following falls at major meetings.<\/p>\n

Williams has since returned to riding.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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