Hansen, Warren Hurt in Bay Meadows Spill
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SAN MATEO, Calif. — A spectacular fall on the home stretch sent two jockeys flying and cost a horse its life Wednesday at Bay Meadows.
Stellar Spell had to be destroyed after breaking a leg in the accident. But jockeys Ron Hansen and Ron Warren, who was knocked off his own mount by the falling horse, escaped serious injury.
Hansen was maneuvering Stellar Spell at the top of the stretch when her left front leg snapped. She collapsed, catapulting Hansen forward onto the track.
As Stellar Spell tumbled, her rear legs knocked Warren off his mount, Intimate Kid. Both jockeys lay motionless on the track until ambulance crews managed to get them on stretchers.
They were treated and released from Mills-Peninsula Hospital. Warren, 28, bruised his shoulder and chest, and said he wanted to ride Thursday. Hansen, 32, had a sore neck. Intimate Kid was unhurt.
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