Jock falls, declared dead, goes to hospital, resurrects and returns to track to ride more races

Another one......

May 1936, Bay Meadows, Jock Ralph Neves

During the race his horse fell and landed on top of Neves. Adrenalin was injected into Neves but then declared dead, toe-tagged and sent to hospital. Then he had a kind of delayed reaction to the adrenalin because he woke up, demanded that he completed the rest of his races, ran out of the hospital with only his pants and one boot, hailed a taxi and returned to the track. It is not clear whether he won a subsequent race but was crowned champion jockey the following day for amassing the most number of points (although no winners) and won a watch.

snopes.com/sports/horse/deadjockey.asp

holy cow

They were tough cookies in these days, now we just need a bit rain for a reason to stop riding.......lol

are u kidding me?wow

Unbelievable

It still happens. They find doing brain scan not always conclusive, best to check for pulse as well.

That story should be posted in every Jockey Room in South Africa, it might inspire some of them to ride with a bit more courage, if someone spits on the Racecourses here, the Jocks refuse to ride:?