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Thumb_dunleavytwitter Jim Dunleavy , Laurel , 01/21/2018 , Race 1 - DRF Live Posted : Jan 21, 2018, 2:36 PM

Jevian Toledo fractures two vertebrae in training spill

Jockey Jevian Toledo, the top rider by wins in Maryland last year and the leading rider at the Laurel Park fall meet which concluded Dec. 31, was injured in a training accident Sunday morning.

A horse Toledo was on at Laurel fell and Toledo was taken to Howard County Hospital in Columbia, Md., with back and leg pain. According to his agent, Marty Leonard, X-rays revealed that Toledo has compression fractures of the T7 and T8 vertebrae in his mid-back region and a punctured lung.

Toledo is being transferred to the University of Maryland Medical Center's shock/trauma unit for precautionary measures, according to Leonard.

More soon at DRF.com.

 

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