Jockey rushes to comfort distressed horse on track after suffering serious injury

A jockey has been praised aft helium rushed implicit to cheque connected his distressed equine which had collapsed with a superior wounded successful the mediate of a race.

Champion racehorse Think About It, which won 1 of Australia’s astir prestigious races past twelvemonth called The Everest, suffered a pulmonary hemorrhage astatine Sydney’s Royal Randwick connected Saturday.

Jockey Jason Collett, who was connected committee Think About It, was astatine the backmost of the tract erstwhile helium was violently thrown to the ground.

But aft getting to his feet, Collett swiftly moved to cheque connected the stricken equine and was seen mildly touching the animal’s face.

A surface was brought to the way to artifact the distressing scene, with Think About It’s trainer, Joe Pride, admitting that helium expected to ‘see the worst’.

However, Think About It miraculously got to his feet and was capable to locomotion disconnected the track.

‘Think About It has walked disconnected the way and into his container and had a bully drink,’ broadcaster Bruce McAvaney said aft the race.

‘We deliberation he’s okay. That is rather remarkable, that’s the champion quality we’ve had, astatine this signifier that’s a spot of a miracle.’

Collett said aft Think About It’s illness connected track: ‘I’m good and amazingly the equine has walked backmost to the stalls.

‘They don’t bash that. I thought he’d breached down but he’s bled out.’

John Walter, a racing analyst, praised Collett for his contiguous determination to comfortableness the horse.

‘Graphic footage, emotion to perceive Think About It volition beryllium surviving beingness similar a King from present connected retired successful retirement,’ helium wrote connected X.

‘But immense respect for Jason Collett successful a brainsick unsafe situation, trying to comfortableness the equine without immoderate hesitation.’

Pride besides confirmed that six-year-old Think About It, which has won much than $12 cardinal (£6.1m) successful prize money, volition present beryllium retired from racing.

‘He looks similar helium usually would aft a race,’ Pride said.

‘It’s rather astonishing due to the fact that of what helium has gone through, helium went done a monolithic bleed and fundamentally passed retired and rolled.

‘You would person thought helium would bash a spot much harm but thankfully helium is okay.

‘We are decidedly going to discontinue him. Horses bleed and contention again but the grade of this bleed was conscionable excessively much.

‘To beryllium just to him, helium enactment truthful overmuch into 2023. He won 9 consecutive and I deliberation helium near everything helium had connected the way with those runs and The Everest past year.

‘He wasn’t rather the aforesaid astatine Rosehill for his past contention past outpouring and hasn’t been the aforesaid equine since.

‘There are signs determination that helium wasn’t the equine helium was truthful we volition decorativeness up.’

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