Top jockeys hospitalised in terrifying fall

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Leading jockeys Jamie Kah and Craig Williams are recovering successful infirmary aft different terrifying precocious velocity autumn astatine Flemington connected Saturday.

The mishap happened during the radical 2 Sires Produce Stakes with Kah riding Flyball and Williams connected committee Dubenenko.

The Age reported that Kah was initially successful and retired of consciousness pursuing a terrible caput knock, but was responsive erstwhile attended to by connected people aesculapian staff.

Initial scans had cleared Kah of immoderate fractures oregon encephalon wounded but, heavy concussed, she remains sedated.

Williams, meanwhile, was successful a unchangeable information aft suffering from a fractured clavicle and concussion.

He tweeted precocious connected Saturday nighttime that helium was "recovering astatine hospital."

The scary scenes came conscionable a week aft jockey Ethan Brown fell astatine the Australian Guineas astatine Flemington.

Brown remains successful intensive attraction astatine the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Kah's spouse Ben Melham was connected committee Sirileo Miss successful the adjacent race, which helium won, earlier relinquishing his last 2 rides for the time to unreserved disconnected to infirmary to beryllium with her.

"I'll enactment the cue successful the rack for the time and conscionable marque definite she's alright," Melham said.

"It's conscionable a reminder however unsafe the occupation tin be, the past week oregon so, and close now.

"Winners are not truthful important arsenic agelong arsenic everyone's okay."

Dubenenko had insignificant lacerations connected some forelimbs portion Flyball escaped with insignificant abrasions.

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