Jockey Jackson Murphy recounts dramatic race fall at Gold Coast

“He hit me in the chest area and hip and threw me sideways.” Apprentice hoop Jackson Murphy recounts his dramatic fall off Dream Master.

APPRENTICE hoop Jackson Murphy thought Dream Master would need to fall over in order to lose on Saturday.

The gelding and $3.40 favourite stayed upright but unfortunately Murphy couldn’t do the same after being dislodged shortly after starting the No Metro Wins Handicap (1100m) at the Gold Coast.

Murphy recently returned from a broken wrist after four months out and thought he may have been in for another spell.

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But doctors at Pindara Hospital cleared him of serious injury that afternoon and the 23-year-old said he expected to be back racing by Wednesday at the Sunshine Coast.

“I’ve recently been pretty unlucky at the races with injury,” Murphy said.

“It’s taken a while to get back on my feet at the races and I started to get a bit of a kick along then something like that happens.

Apprentice jockey Jackson Murphy (far right) fell off Dream Master during the No Metro Wins Handicap (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday, August 24, 2019. Picture: Taken from Racing Queensland website.

“To walk away without any serious injury and be probably able to ride in the next few days, I probably count myself lucky.

“I was meant to ride (on Sunday) but I gave my body a break.

“The doctor said to take it easy for the next few days.

“At this stage I’m probably looking to head back to track work (on Monday) at Eagle Farm.

“At this point I don’t think I’ll be up to race riding again until probably Wednesday.”

Apprentice jockey Jackson Murphy (far right) fell off Dream Master during the No Metro Wins Handicap (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday, August 24, 2019. Picture: Taken from Racing Queensland website.

Murphy never lost consciousness and described the moments leading up to the fall and the impact he felt on the turf.

“I was on a really good chance, the favourite who was back in distance,” Murphy said.

“I thought the horse would have to fall over to lose.

“As I started going out the horse put a bit of a hump in, like a buck.

“I kept pushing him and as we went on he decided he wanted to duck a quick right and as he did that he started humping and bounding underneath me.

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“At one point he was underneath me and the next he is three horses away from me. I twisted over the horse and I was looking back at his chest as I was going down.

“It happened so quick. I landed on the rails and the pole on the rail stopped me going any further.

“After that I remember a bit of pain straight away which slowly subsided after about 10 minutes it started to calm down.

“He never stood on me. He hit me in the chest area and hip and threw me sideways.

“The horse kept me going forwards and luckily I went to the inside so I didn’t fall into the other horses.”

Training partners Toby and Trent Edmonds, who won with Astro Boy Toy in an earlier race, were advised by stewards the gelding had to complete two official trials prior to racing again.

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