Perez escapes serious injury in Hastings spill

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Jockey Amadeo Perez, who Tuesday morning was in the emergency ward at Vancouver General Hospital, said by phone that he was “very sore, but I have no broken bones.”

Perez went down when the horse he was riding on Monday evening at Hastings, Day Pass, inexplicably stumbled and fell during the third race.

People in attendance assumed the injuries were severe. Before being rushed to the hospital, Perez was attended to by first responders for about 45 minutes.

“I am good,” Perez said. “I have no idea when I’ll be back riding, though.”