Jockey in critical condition after horror race fall

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Jockey Ethan Brown aft winning astatine Pakenham connected February 16, 2023. (Ross Holburt/Racing Photos)

Rising Victorian jockey Ethan Brown is successful a captious information astatine Royal Melbourne Hospital pursuing a horrific autumn astatine Flemington connected Saturday.

Brown, 23, was listed arsenic captious connected Saturday nighttime and had to acquisition exigency country for interior injuries.

He fell portion aboard Maximillius successful the $1 cardinal Group 1 diagnostic contention Australian Guineas, aft colliding with Holymanz, ridden by Mark Zahra.

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Zahra was treated astatine the way and cleared of superior injury, but Brown's equine rolled connected him and helium was taken distant successful an ambulance.

"Ethan has interior injuries and undergone country contiguous to apprehension interior bleeding issues," the Victorian Jockey's Association said connected Saturday night.

"Will necessitate further surgery."

An update connected his information is expected connected Sunday afternoon.

Both horses progressive successful the autumn avoided superior wounded and were taken backmost to the stables.

Stewards launched an enquiry into the autumn but person not been capable to implicit the investigation, fixed Brown remains successful hospital.

"I thought I could get done and possibly displacement Ethan a tiny bit," Zahra told stewards aft the race.

"As I've gone to property (through the gap) Damien (Oliver aboard Amenable) took a constrictive spread extracurricular him.

"At the clip I thought I could get done and marque country for myself but arsenic it turns out, no."

Brown has won 3 Group 1 races successful his vocation to date, and collected much than $17.7 cardinal successful prizemoney for connections of his rides.

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