Jockey Reyes released from hospital after spill

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Apprentice rider Luis Reyes was released from Jamaica Hospital on Saturday night after having gone down in an ugly spill in the second race at Aqueduct earlier in the day.

Blake Dutrow, Reyes's agent, confirmed that Reyes had escaped the fall with no fractured bones.

Reyes was aboard Hy Brasil, who was rallying to contention in the stretch of the one-mile grass race for $40,000 claimers when he broke down in his right front, throwing Reyes forward to the turf. Hy Brasil, who was euthanized after the race, may have kicked Reyes when he went past.

Reyes was knocked out in the accident. He was placed on a back board and regained consciousness while being taken to the ambulance. Riders Jose Ortiz and Irad Ortiz Jr. went onto the turf course after bringing their mounts back to the paddock to be unsaddled and walked with the emergency medical technicians transporting Reyes to the ambulance.

Reyes has been taken off his five Aqueduct mounts for Sunday and will need to be cleared by medical personnel before he is allowed to ride again.

Reyes is a 24-year-old native of Puerto Rico. He began riding in New York in January after going 6 for 36 in Puerto Rico. He has won 28 races from 433 starts in the United States and receives a seven-pound apprentice allowance.