Carrasco progressing in injury rehab

Victor Carrasco, the 2013 Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey and one of the top riders in Maryland, has been going to physical therapy the past six weeks as he works his way back from a serious fall at Delaware Park in September.

Carrasco was on the lead in a turf race when his mount fell nearing the far turn. Carrasco broke the tibia and fibula in his lower right leg.

“I’m doing good, getting better,” Carrasco said Tuesday. “The first two weeks in physical therapy I was only allowed to flex my ankle and bend my knee to get the stiffness away. Now I am walking, doing weights, squats.”

Carrasco was the leading rider at the Laurel Park summer meet prior to being hurt. He had surgery on his leg the day after the accident and was housebound for a long time.

“It’s been difficult,” he said. “I want to be out there working, getting on horses. But I am doing the very best I can. I’m also trying to take my time. I want to be 100 percent when I come back.”

Carrasco, a 25-year-old native of Puerto Rico, has won 833 races.