The grandstand rises behind the first turn of the one and one-eighth miles main track of Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Ill. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Newsmakers)
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Arlington Park racetrack jockey was hospitalized and his horse was injured after an unusual accident during a race on Saturday.
Chris Emigh, 45, was thrown from Fitz’s Storm as they were coming around the far turn, when the 3-year-old horse suddenly ran through the temporary turf rail instead of running alongside it.
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