Eibar Coa Takes a Spill
Eibar Coa at Belmont (~ RAYMOND)
Storm Caller just threw Eibar Coa coming out of the gate in the Yankee Victor at Belmont. Storm Caller didn’t go down and didn’t look to be injured. I couldn’t tell if Coa got up but he’s off his mounts for the rest of the day.
Hopefully he’s ok… more as it unfolds.
Update: Looks like he got away with just a few bruised ribs. I just saw this buried in an unrelated story at DRF (with about 4 or 5 other unrelated items as well, why do they do that?).
Jockey Eibar Coa sustained a bruised rib on his left side when he was unseated at the start of Friday’s $76,900 Yankee Victor Stakes.
Coa was scheduled to ride at Colonial Downs on Saturday and Woodbine on Sunday.
Coa, 37, was aboard Canadian shipper Storm Caller, who stumbled badly at the start of the race, tossing Coa. The horse then appeared to kick Coa once, possibly twice. Coa was transported by ambulance to North Shore University Hospital where X-rays did not reveal any fractures.
Get well soon!
Posted by dana on Jun 20 2008
Filed Under: 2008, Raymond Haddad, Riderless Horse, Get Well Soon, Injury, Belmont, Eibar Coa, Racing
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oh shit, that’s really scary. i hope he’s ok too. damn.
Looks like he’s ok, and insult to injury on the kicking!
After Storm Caller dumped Coa, he continued running after the rest of the field, trailing by a couple lengths all the way into the stretch, when he veered to the outside rail, skimming it past the finish line at top speed and with his head cocked towards the crowd standing along the fence the entire time. There was applause, which didn’t seem out of place …
Oh man, I LOVE a riderless horse (as long as no one gets hurt, of course)… sounds exciting, I would have totally been applauding Storm Caller!
I’ve noticed that many times riderless horses will run either in the middle of the track or close to the outside rail. My joke is that they’re like “hell yeah, I’m never get to run out here!”
This particular horse seemed to invite the applause, eyes fixed on the crowd, as if to say, “Hey, check me out!”
Wow, nice!
And hey, I hear your dad did pretty well :)
T, ask your dad if I can borrow ten bucks.
J, new glasses?
D, rooting for the riderless horse (as long as everyone’s unhurt)—so cuuuute!
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Father Brooklyn Backstretch had a monster day at the windows, wnning four of six, I believe, including three consecutive races in which he bet the #7 horse, for which I mocked him, and for which he mocked me as he walked to the windows to cash. Not a big multi-race exotics guy, he did not, unfortunately, have the all-7 Pick 3.
I really should learn to listen to him more often.
“for which I mocked him, and for which he mocked me as he walked to the windows”… this in combination with the cute show off riderless horse = me missing the best day at Belmont!
Oh, and this (second pic), add this to the proof that I missed the best day at Belmont!
Charles and Sarah are great photographers. I always look forward to seeing their work on your site.
I am especially interested in following the career of Raymond, however, because when I became a diehard Rajeeeev fan many months ago, it was Raymond’s photo of Maragh at Flckr that wowed me. He is a big talent. Both are. Raymond AND Rajeeev!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalink/1799462502/
That set of BC photos was where I first spied Raymond and I remember thinking that I wanted to use that shot of Rajeeeev!
Coa is a great rider, but man is he full of himself. He’s not a favorite in the jock room for sure. Good to see he’s not hurt. He should win the Belmont title. Saratoga could be another story…
Steve - interesting to note of Coa, thx for sharing!