{"id":58174,"date":"2026-09-21T01:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=58174"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:25:59","slug":"six-horse-accident-sent-3-jockeys-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/six-horse-accident-sent-3-jockeys-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Horse Accident Sent 3 Jockeys To Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/10\/25\/churchill-downs-bidding-to-host-breeders-cup\/churchill-downs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"churchill downs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=125%2C125 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nThree jockeys were hospitalized and a horse was euthanized after a six-horse accident during a race Saturday night at Churchill Downs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to Darren Rogers, a spokesperson for Churchill Downs, the incident occurred during the second race on the far turn when Lutkenhaus, ridden by Cristian Torres, collapsed in front of other horses and jockeys.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers said they were unable to avoid the fallen horse.<\/p>\n<p>The other horses and their jockeys involved were Industrious, ridden by Keith Asmussen; Midnight Rumble, ridden by Axel Concepcion; Ritornello, ridden by Francisco Arrieta; Shacklebolt, ridden by Walter Rodriguez; and Steve Wood, ridden by Martin Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers said Garcia, Rodriguez and Torres were conscious and were taken to UofL Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Asmussen, Concepcion and Arrieta were cleared by on-site medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers said Lutkenhaus sustained a \u201ccatastrophic injury\u201d to his left front leg and was euthanized.<\/p>\n<p>No other horses required euthanasia.<br \/>\nSource: WDRB+WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three jockeys were hospitalized and a horse was euthanized after a six-horse accident during a race Saturday night at Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-archive","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-f8i","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-27 23:08:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/churchill-downs.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58175,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58174\/revisions\/58175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}