David Cabrera, who has the most starts and wins at Oaklawn Park In the current meeting is likely to miss the rest of the 2021-22 meeting after sustaining upper back, neck and head injuries from an oil spill during a race announced April 8, according to Representative Joe. Santos.
Santos said the Cabrera had compressed the C5 and C6 vertebrae, crushed the cheekbones, and suffered a concussion in the crash that occurred in the upper body after riding. Most are great got caught in the heel when it was tight and fell, throwing it to the ground.
A drawn horse, Daigle , fell mostly Awesome near the pole three years old sixteen, age jumper Chel-c Bailey. Both horses involved in the crash were caught without incident, with no initial sign of trouble. Bailey was not seriously injured and has completed her remaining commitments on the card.
Cabrera, 29, was immobilized for several minutes before being placed on the backboard and transported by ambulance to CHI St. Vincent, where he remained in the ICU on Saturday morning, Santos added, with no timetable for when the jockey would be released. from the hospital.
“It really depends on the cognitive side of it, when he’s grasping things mentally,” Santos said. “He’s a lot more active today and it’s mostly concussion. Just some confusion there.”
Santos said Cabrera, who has movement in all limbs, was unconscious for about 20 minutes after the crash. Santos said it’s not clear to him whether Cabrera was injured by the impact of the fall, “Mostly Great” rolling over him, or a combination of the two events.
“He doesn’t remember the accident, so it’s hard to get that from him,” Santos said. “His head was hit twice. He hit and then it came back and hit the ground one more time. We are very, very thankful that he was awake and able to talk to us. because there were some scary moments there. He wasn’t moving. He was cold.”
Santos says Cabrera’s compressed C5 and C6 vertebrae will “heal with time” and don’t require surgery. His cheekbones “have been crushed, like crushed stone” and “doesn’t look like broken bones, really.” Those injuries also won’t require surgery, Santos said. Santos said there was initial bleeding in the brain, but no swelling.
