Jockey Bourdieu has surgery on broken leg after spill

Jockey Martin Bourdieu broke his leg and several ribs and sustained two punctured lungs in a spill at Turf Paradise on Saturday.

The 44-year-old rider was piloting Starz Decoy in a 300-yard Quarter Horse allowance race. He was in traffic when his mount clipped the heels of Matts Corona, unseating Bourdieu. He was taken to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery for a broken femur. According to track officials, he may require surgery on his lungs and ribs.

The two horses involved were uninjured.

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