No Action Taken Over Flemington Fall
- Friday, 04 June 2010 06:15
No action was taken against any rider when Racing Victoria Limited stewards on Friday concluded an inquiry into James Winks being dislodged in a race at Flemington last month.
Winks was taken to hospital after being thrown from The Fugitive in the Veolia Environmental Services Hcp (1410m) on May 8.
He suffered cuts to his spleen and liver, a punctured lung and a cracked rib.
The inquiry was opened by stewards on the day of the meeting when evidence was taken from jockeys Danny Nikolic, the rider of Cudgewa, and Brent Stanley (Morossa) and apprentices Brent Evans (Cyclone Al), Billy Egan (Undeniably) and Jason Maskiell (Willigobung).
Stewards on Friday took evidence from Winks and the panel established that Undeniably and The Fugitive were both overracing which resulted in The Fugitive clipping the heels of Undeniably and blundering.
The incident caused a chain reaction of interference with Maskiell dislodged from Willigobung while Evans did a great job to stay on Cyclone Al who was slewed into the rail causing him to lose both irons.
