[FONT="]DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) -- Jockey Victor Espinoza was injured when the horse he was riding at Del Mar racetrack collapsed during training and died.
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[FONT="]Racetrack officials say Bobby Abu Dhabi suffered an apparent fatal heart attack during a workout Sunday morning. Espinoza was thrown off the horse, then lay motionless for several minutes before being fitted with a neck brace and taken by ambulance to a hospital.
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[FONT="]Agent Brian Beach says the 46-year-old Hall of Fame jockey suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck and a ''stinger'' to the left shoulder and arm. He says Espinoza will remain in the hospital overnight, but doctors expect a full recovery.
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[FONT="]Beach says Espinoza, who guided American Pharoah to the Triple Crown in 2015, suffered no paralysis or other broken bones. He says ''it looks like we dodged a bullet.''
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[FONT="]Four-year-old Bobby Abu Dhabi was training for the Bing Crosby Stakes next Saturday.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Racetrack officials say Bobby Abu Dhabi suffered an apparent fatal heart attack during a workout Sunday morning. Espinoza was thrown off the horse, then lay motionless for several minutes before being fitted with a neck brace and taken by ambulance to a hospital.
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[FONT="]Agent Brian Beach says the 46-year-old Hall of Fame jockey suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck and a ''stinger'' to the left shoulder and arm. He says Espinoza will remain in the hospital overnight, but doctors expect a full recovery.
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[FONT="]Beach says Espinoza, who guided American Pharoah to the Triple Crown in 2015, suffered no paralysis or other broken bones. He says ''it looks like we dodged a bullet.''
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[FONT="]Four-year-old Bobby Abu Dhabi was training for the Bing Crosby Stakes next Saturday.[/FONT]
