Jockey, 23, ‘airlifted to hospital with critical injuries’ after horse suffers heart attack mid-race

A JOCKEY has been 'airlifted to infirmary with captious injuries' aft her equine suffered a bosom onslaught during a race, reports claim.

Apprentice rider Ivy Lam, who is from Hong Kong, is believed to person suffered a captious caput wounded aft falling astatine Gawler racecourse successful South Adelaide, Australia.

Her equine Jacob's Gate dropped backmost sharply done the tract adjacent the 700m mark.

Lam was unseated successful the incidental and attended to instantly by on-course medics.

The remainder of the gathering was abandoned.

A connection from the Hong Kong Jockey Club confirmed: "The Hong Kong Jockey Club tin corroborate that Trainee Apprentice Jockey Ivy Lam suffered a autumn aft her equine suffered a bosom onslaught mid-race astatine Gawler Racecourse successful Australia today.

"Lam has been sent to infirmary wherever she is receiving contiguous aesculapian care.

"The Club’s Head of Racing Talent Training and Headmistress, Apprentice Jockeys’ School Amy Chan is travelling to Australia to connection each indispensable enactment to Lam and her family."

A further connection from Racing SA read: "Apprentice Ivy Lam is successful a unchangeable information astatine RAH wherever she's being treated for injuries sustained successful a autumn during R7 astatine Gawler today.

"Ivy was injured erstwhile her equine Jacob’s Gate suffered a aesculapian occurrence & collapsed astatine the 700 metre mark.

"Racing SA Stewards & First Care Medical were instantly connected the country &worked to stabilise her information anterior to the accomplishment of SA Ambulance paramedics.

"We're advised Ivy regained consciousness anterior to being airlifted to the RAH wherever she is presently undergoing scans.

"We are enormously grateful to each those progressive successful Ivy’s care.
Racing SA is successful adjacent interaction with Ivy’s household and we volition supply further updates erstwhile possible."

More to follow.