A YOUNG jockey has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after falling from her horse during a race in South Australia.
Kelsey Hannan, 21, reportedly fell and lost consciousness at the Strathalbyn Racecourse about 1.40pm on Sunday afternoon.
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She was said to have been able to move her legs and hands.
The star athlete, who is from New Zealand, was placed in a neck brace and airlifted to Royal Adelaide Hospital where she was reportedly placed in an induced coma.
Hannan had finished her race on horse Iva Dream when it would seem the mare clipped another horse’s heels, shooting the jockey over its head and some 50 metres past the finish line.
Racing South Australia subsequently postponed the remaining races from the meet, including the Strathalbyn Cup.
In a cruel twist, it has come to light the 21-year-old had only just recovered from a broken jaw she sustained in a trackwork incident in October last year.
Her previous injury required that a plate and screws be inserted into the bone.
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