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Nelson Arroyo Hospitalized as Precaution Following Spill
by Blood-Horse Staff
Date Posted: 12/16/2001 3:14:42 PM
Last Updated: 12/19/2001 1:08:24 PM
Apprentice jockey Nelson Arroyo was taken to North Shore Hospital after falling to the track during the fourth race at Aqueduct Sunday. Arroyo's brother, Norberto Arroyo Jr., was injured in a spill at the New York track last Saturday (Dec. 8).In Sunday's race, Freedom Onthe Wind clipped heels with Dr. Chinnici around the three-eighths pole and stumbled, throwing Arroyo to the track. The jockey complained of a headache and was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure.Dr. Chinnici continued on to finish sixth in the six-furlong maiden special weight race. A stewards' inquiry into the incident resulted in no change in finishing positions.Freedom onthe Wind appeared to escape injury in the incident.
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