Jockey Samy Camacho will be further evaluated on July 3 in Florida to find out the extent of the right shoulder injury he sustained during a spill. Monmouth ParkHis fourth race on Sunday, according to his agent Mike Moran.
Camacho, second in the driver standings at Monmouth Park with 29 wins, flew to Tampa on Sunday night. Camacho lives in the Tampa area.
Moran said: “His shoulder hurt, but the X-ray (taken on Sunday at Monmouth Medical Center) didn’t show anything broken. “It may have been dislocated, we’re not sure. But the initial X-rays didn’t show the fracture.”
Camacho hit the grass while riding his horse, Bingo girl inevitable fall Kim’s mother and jockey Jorge Gonzalez. Momma’s Kim fell after putting on high heels Golden Alliance who took the lead at 3/8 of the 2-year-olds’ long-haired pentacle.
Because of the uncertainty about the extent of the injury, Moran still does not have a schedule for Camacho’s return. The 35-year-old from Caracas, Venezuela, was on the call for Klaravich Stables and Chad Brown for the first time at Monmouth Park, winning with eight of 14 starts for those connections at the meeting.
“He’s going to be out for at least a week, maybe a few weeks,” Moran said. “We should know more after he saw the doctor today. He wants to be 100% recovered when he comes back.”
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