Jockey Dylan Davis will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering multiple fractures and internal injuries in a Nov. 14 spill in the seventh race at Aqueduct Racetrack.
"He's banged up really bad, but he's lucky to be alive," said Mike Migliore, Davis' agent. "I don't care about anything but that he's alive. He's like a son to me."
According to Migliore, Davis suffered a fractured right clavicle, a fracture of the right upper arm bone, fractures of five ribs on his left side and four on his right side, a collapsed left lung, a small accumulation of blood in the chest cavity, pulmonary contusion, a grade 5 laceration of the left kidney, and a small injury an adrenal gland.
Doctors at North Shore University Hospital removed the blood from Davis' chest Nov. 15, which needed to be done before the 31-year-old rider could undergo surgery to address the fractures.
Davis was originally taken to Jamaica Hospital but was later moved to North Shore for treatment with the help of Bob Rosenthal, owner of Tarpaulin, the horse Davis was riding.
"Dylan's receiving special care at North Shore thanks to Bob," Migliore said. "Bob's priority was to take care of Dylan and his family. We're all very thankful to him."
The incident occurred on the final turn of the 6 1/2-furlong sprint on the dirt when Heavyweight Champ suffered a catastrophic left front injury and fell with jockey Ricard Santana Jr. Tarpaulin and Davis stumbled over Santana and also fell.
Neither Tarpaulin nor Santana were seriously injured.
Davis, who turned 31 Saturday, was enjoying a solid year with 144 wins and slightly more than $13 million in earnings.
