Safety First

Published: May 9, 2015 10:18 am EDT

I was in a pretty bad training accident on Friday morning at Classy Lane Training Centre. My colt spooked from the tractor and I collided head on with another horse that was going a training mile.

I can remember the seconds before the collision but I don't remember any of the rest of it. Apparently I went flying from the jogger and hit the ground hard. My horse got loose and the other horse was all over me. There were people very close on the track that say it was horrible to watch and could have been a lot worse. They say I was laying unconscious on the track for five minutes before the ambulance arrived. I had a slight concussion and have a broken arm but luckily the CAT scan was ok.

The point I want to make here is that I was not wearing a helmet. I always wear one in the racebike but I thought it wasn't necessary to wear a helmet while jogging or training in the jog cart. I was wrong. I was very, very lucky in this case that I wasn't killed or that I didn't sustain a serious head injury. I will wear a helmet at all times now while on the track and I urge everyone else to do the same. An incident like mine can happen so fast. Do it for yourself and for the people who care about you.


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