Martin Garcia hospitalized after fall during training hours

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Martin Garcia was expected to be hospitalized overnight on Wednesday after being unseated in a morning workout at Santa Anita, according to his agent, Thom Mitchell.

Garcia was working Orca for trainer Ron McAnally when he was unseated while pulling up the 2-year-old filly.

Garcia struck his head in the fall, which prompted doctors to keep the rider in the hospital for observation, Mitchell said.

“They’re being cautious because it’s a head deal,” Mitchell said. “I talked to him. He’s groggy. I think he hit his head pretty hard.

“We worked that horse three furlongs. I think he might have lost an iron, but I’m not exactly sure what has happened.”

Orca was not injured in the incident, according to McAnally’s assistant, Dan Landers.

Garcia, 33, is best known for winning the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic on Bayern. In addition, he has won such major races as the 2010 Preakness Stakes on Lookin At Lucky, the 2011 Kentucky Oaks on Plum Pretty, and the 2017 Pacific Classic on Collected, Garcia’s most recent Grade 1 win.

This year, Garcia has won 26 races from 214 mounts.