Sad news - JT McNamara: Jockey paralysed in 2013 Cheltenham

[andyfuller]

Irish jockey JT McNamara, who was paralysed after a fall at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, has died aged 41.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/36892365?

[oliver123]

Funnily enough, I have just heard the news on BBC 5 Live. I guess it just highlights the fact that our brave jockeys deserve total respect in putting themselves on the line, day in and day out, to achieve racing glory! RIP JT!!!!

[Euler]

This is one of the reasons I contribute to the IJF regularly.

It prompted me to look up sports related deaths on the BMJ. Horse racing is right up there, but incredibly they rank fishing above it. Guess that's related to drowning?

[iambic_pentameter]

Very sad news re JT McNamara and reminds us how brave the jockeys are doing what they do.

Euler - I'd imagine fishing deaths are due to drowning, particuarly if you factor in deep sea fishing etc.

[andyfuller]

Guess that's related to drowning?

Perhaps also electrocution from casting under power lines.

[andyfuller]

Horse racing is right up there, but incredibly they rank fishing above it. Guess that's related to drowning?

That is actually horse riding excluding hunting and polo. I suspect Horse Racing on its own is much lower, eventing, I suspect contribute a lot of the deaths to the stats you looked at.

[Euler]

There were some interesting stats on just racing on there. Comparing codes and stuff, rates of fallers, injuries etc. Quite interesting.

[andyfuller]

Yes an interesting read.

This article highlights the high levels of death in eventing:

Fifty-nine rider deaths identified in eventing since 1993

http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2016/02/22/f ... z4FWsQnRuN

[convoysur-2]

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