Jockey airlifted to hospital with head injury after horse collapses with heart attack during race

Ivy Lam, an apprentice who is from Hong Kong, was riding astatine the gathering astatine Gawler successful South Australia erstwhile her equine suffered a aesculapian episode

A young jockey was airlifted to infirmary aft suffering a caput wounded erstwhile her equine collapsed aft suffering a bosom onslaught during a race.

Ivy Lam, a 23-year-old apprentice from Hong Kong, was riding successful the seventh race, the Willow Grove Stud Handicap, astatine Gawler successful South Australia.

Near the halfway constituent of the adjacent 1 mile race, her equine Jacob’s Gate began to driblet backmost done the tract and collapsed, sending the jockey to the ground.

She was instantly attended to by on-track medics and a chopper called to transportation her to infirmary successful Adelaide. The last contention connected the paper did not spell up arsenic the stewards abandoned the remainder of the meeting.

A Channel Nine quality study from Adelaide said that, according to paramedics, Lam was being treated for “critical caput injuries”.

A connection from Racing SA said: “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.”

Lam arrived successful Australia, wherever she works for the unchangeable of Gordon Richards and Damien Moyle, and had her archetypal thrust successful January. She has ridden 16 winners from 139 mounts.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club issued its ain connection astir the incidental and said 1 of its squad would beryllium flying to Australia to enactment Lam.

“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 contiguous (Monday, 7 October),” the connection said.

“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 station from the Australian Jockeys Association said: “Sending our wishes to SA apprentice Ivy Lame who was progressive successful a dense autumn astatine Gawler.

“Our thoughts are with you Ivy for a speedy recovery.”