Having been hospitalised from an injury sustained in a spill at Caymanas Park on September 29, top 10 jockey Oneil Mullings will undergo surgery at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) on Friday. Mullings got injured in the sixth race when his mount, ISLAND CIGAR, fell approaching the furlong pole and decked the jockey, who in turn was kicked by a horse coming from behind. Initially, Mullings was treated and diagnosed by a doctor who informed him that surgery was required and that an interlocking metal pin was needed to be inserted for the operation and this would cost $70,000. It turned out that the jockey’s insurance did not cover the full cost of the operation and the hospital wanted the money up front, even though his insurance would have paid back 80 per cent of the cost. The jockey was lying in a hospital bed and, seemingly, could not afford to advance the money for the pin and, in the circumstances, it was no deal. read more

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