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Old 10-14-2018, 06:09 PM
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Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor Espinoza is planning a comeback in late December
after suffering a fractured vertebra in his neck during a training accident at Del Mar.

That's according to his agent Brian Beach, who said Friday that Espinoza
saw his doctors this week and they are pleased with his progress.

However, they're not yet ready to release the
46-year-old Hall of Fame jockey to ride again.

Beach said on his Twitter account that Espinoza
"wants to be 100 percent when he comes back."

A late December return would allow Espinoza to ride at Santa Anita,
which opens its winter-spring meet Dec. 26.

Espinoza got hurt July 22 when he fell while exercising a horse.

He rode American Pharoah to a Triple Crown sweep in 2015
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Old 10-15-2018, 07:42 PM
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I seem to recall at one point in his career he considered retiring. This was prior to his big wins. So, it's really great to see him saying he wants to come back. I can't even imagine going through what happened to him and poor Bobby Abu Dhabi. So tragic.

Jockeys are either crazy or brave or both. If you can please donate to PDJF. Not every jockey earns the big bucks and they struggle to take care of their medical bills.

https://pdjf.org/donate/
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