Article: Injured jockey Pincay awarded $2.7 million
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Injured jockey Pincay awarded $2.7 million
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. was awarded $2.7 million in a lawsuit that claimed an ambulance company caused his career-ending injuries by failing to properly treat him after a 2003 accident.
"I feel very good about it," Pincay said.
The 60-year-old jockey broke two bones in his neck after his horse, Trampus Too, clipped the heels of Rainman's Request during the fifth race on March 1, 2003, at the Santa Anita racetrack. Pincay was thrown, and his horse fell on him.
The accident forced Pincay to retire after 9,530 victories — a record that held until 2006 — and more than $237 million in winnings.
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