Following a dreadful accident during the running of the Gr1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday, where he and three colleagues suffered a fall and two horses were euthanized, multiple SA champion Lyle Hewitson has received some positive news.
Bruised and battered – but happy to be alive! Lyle Hewitson smiles from his hospital bed
Doctors are happy with his CT Scan results and are about to move the champion to a General Ward and then to the Hong Kong Jockey Club Hospital.
His Mom Samantha told the Sporting Post that the news was ‘such a great relief’.
Australian star Zac Purton is currently being treated for upper-body injuries at Prince of Wales hospital but both he and Japanese Jockey Yuichi Fukunaga are reportedly in a stable condition.
Mauritian Karis Teetan was the only rider in the quartet to continue on the day.
