Jockey fatigue from unpaid track work is contributing to serious falls, according to group one-winning silk Ben Melham, after a third rider in as many weeks was injured and a horse destroyed on Saturday.
when Teo Nugent was taken to hospital after his mount, Florescent Star, fell in race six at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Nugent suffered concussion and a fractured C1 vertebra, but may be released on Sunday. Florescent Star was euthanised.
“The elephant in the room needs to be addressed. Victorian work load on racing participants in [sic] far to[o] high,” he wrote. “Turn over and revenue is important but not at the expense of peoples lives. Fatigue kills! Hopefully 3 near death experiences in 3 weeks is enough…” Hyland said the biggest frustration for Victorian jockeys was the expectation that licensed jockeys do jump outs without being paid, which increased their workload but not their income. He said if licensed jockeys were paid for this extra work caused by staff shortages, they might have more capacity to choose which meetings they rode at and when they did so.
Hyland said jockeys understand the need to service the customer, and it was important they were able to run their own agenda, but the industry needed to be aware of the effect the staff shortages were having on all sections.
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