Appeal for Queen’s former jockey in critical condition in Thai hospital smashes target hours after being launched

THE Gofundmepage launched for the Queen's erstwhile jockey reached it's people wrong hours arsenic celebrated racing names flocked to nonstop money.

Tony Ives, 71, was hospitalised a fewer days agone aft processing a humor corruption past week.

His 2 daughters, Tatier, 16, Taya, 19 paid for the archetypal fewer days of his treatment, but soon ran retired of cash.

The entreaty was past launched by Ives' person David Harrison for £3,000 was smashed wrong hours, and, conscionable a time aboriginal has reached implicit £8,000.

William Buick was the apical donator, covering the full £3,000 with his generous offerings.

The Piggott Family handed implicit a precise generous £1,000, portion Frankie Dettori and Jimmy Quinn were amongst the different large names to donate.

Tony Ives rode aggregate horses for the precocious Queen, Elizabeth II, during his 2 years arsenic unchangeable jockey for Ian Balding and 1 of the apical Flat jockeys during the 1970s and 80s.

He famously won the 1985 Arlington Million - a world-famous race in its time - aboard Teleprompter, and won the 1987 Irish 1,000 Guineas on Forest Flower.

He besides rode for Lester Piggot for 2 years erstwhile the erstwhile jock started his grooming career.

Later successful his vocation Ives moved to Hong Kong and remained successful South East Asia. He present lives in Thailand where helium has been hospitalised.

Harrison wrote connected the Gofundmepage:

 “Tony was transferred to ICU astatine Overbrook Hospital, Chiang Rai wherever helium spent the nighttime successful a captious information with precocious fever and a humor infection.

“This greeting his information has stabilized and his fever is down. The infirmary expect him to beryllium moved retired of ICU aboriginal today. His 2 daughters Tatier 16, Taya 19 and grandchild Tilin (6 months old) are by his bedside.

“I’m calling connected Tony’s friends present arsenic we are successful urgent request of money for his medical bills.

“Unfortunately his 2 daughters person tally retired of wealth aft paying implicit a week of infirmary bills, the local hotels they volition enactment successful are present precise kindly covered by Mrs Phamee.

“The infirmary person conscionable called with an update connected costs, ICU already astir 59,000 Baht (£1,350) and we expect with backstage room, nursing costs etc volition full astir 5,000 Baht (£120) a time expected for astir 14 days.

“We are looking to rise astir £3,000 for Tony’s past and upcoming aesculapian bills. Any donation to assistance Tony would beryllium greatly appreciated.

“Thankyou to each the aesculapian unit astatine the infirmary for their ongoing attraction of our person Tony.”

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