Jockey injured

A JOCKEY suffered back injuries when she fell from her horse at Cranbourne racecourse yesterday (Wednesday) morning.
Paramedics from Cranbourne and Hampton Park were called to the racecourse at 7.30am.
Intensive care paramedic Thomas Finneran said the 28-year-old woman was injured when her horse reared.
“The woman was on a horse in the starting gates to practice starts when the horse reared,” he said.
“She struck her face on a padded bar at the top of the starting gate and then fell backwards, dropping about two-and-a-half metres onto the ground.
“The woman had neck pain and some tingling in her arms and legs.
“Thankfully she was able to move her arms and legs and had feeling in them.”
Paramedics fitted her with a neck brace, put a drip in her arm and gave her some pain relief at the scene. She was taken to The Alfred hospital in a stable condition.
Cranbourne trainer Brian Rowe confirmed it was his daughter Stacey who was injured in the incident.