UPDATE: Full Recovery Expected For Carr But Won't Ride Again
Apr 20, 2015 17:36:03 GMT -5
Post by cait on Apr 20, 2015 17:36:03 GMT -5
a very good jock. thank god he's going to be ok. sounds similar to ramon dominguez
UPDATE: Full Recovery Expected For Jockey Carr After Career-Ending Head Injury
by Ray Paulick
Jockey Dennis Carr underwent head trauma surgery at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., Sunday night after being seriously injured in a starting gate accident in the fifth race at Golden Gate Fields. His mother, Joan Carr, said his riding career is over.
“He was in surgery all night – for six or seven hours,” the 46-year-old jockey’s mother told the Paulick Report. “Doctors found brain bleed. He has a severe head injury, and they had to remove a portion of his skull.
“He made it through the surgery,” she added, “but his racing career is over. He’ll never ride again.”
But following the operation, the prognosis was positive for Carr’s future away from riding. Golden Gate Fields track physician Dr. David Seftel reported Monday that Carr was expected to make a full recovery.
“The doctors at Highland said the surgery was a complete success and that there will be a full neurological recovery with no residual brain damage,” said Seftel. “Dennis is sitting up, alert and recovering very well.”
Carr sustained his head injury when his mount in the fifth race, Sharpton, reared wildly in the gate. Carr was ejected out of the back of the gate and wasn’t sure what his head might have hit.
He walked around behind the gate without the need of assistance following the accident and was taken by ambulance to the track’s medical center, where he complained of a headache.
Carr was evaluated by Dr. Seftel and then transported to Highland Hospital for a precautionary CT-scan, which revealed the bleeding. Dr. Seftel said Carr is expected to remain in the Intensive Care Unit for one to two days, and then will be transferred to a regular floor.
Carr is fourth in the current Golden Gate standings, with 43 wins from 219 mounts. He’s been based at the Northern California track since 2012 after moving west from Finger Lakes in New York. He rode the Northern California circuit on two prior occasions, from 1995-2002 and 2004-07.
Carr began his career in 1986, riding his first winner, Crobosity, at Aqueduct on Jan. 25, 1987. His biggest win came at Belmont Park in 1989 when he rode Loblolly Stable’s De Roche to victory in the Grade 1 Jerome.
During his career, Carr recorded 2,905 wins from 19,666 mounts that had total earnings of $56,070,111.
In 2013, Carr was featured in a Paulick Report video produced by editor-in-chief Scott Jagow for the Breeders’ Cup or Bust fundraiser for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.
UPDATE: Full Recovery Expected For Jockey Carr After Career-Ending Head Injury
by Ray Paulick
Jockey Dennis Carr underwent head trauma surgery at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., Sunday night after being seriously injured in a starting gate accident in the fifth race at Golden Gate Fields. His mother, Joan Carr, said his riding career is over.
“He was in surgery all night – for six or seven hours,” the 46-year-old jockey’s mother told the Paulick Report. “Doctors found brain bleed. He has a severe head injury, and they had to remove a portion of his skull.
“He made it through the surgery,” she added, “but his racing career is over. He’ll never ride again.”
But following the operation, the prognosis was positive for Carr’s future away from riding. Golden Gate Fields track physician Dr. David Seftel reported Monday that Carr was expected to make a full recovery.
“The doctors at Highland said the surgery was a complete success and that there will be a full neurological recovery with no residual brain damage,” said Seftel. “Dennis is sitting up, alert and recovering very well.”
Carr sustained his head injury when his mount in the fifth race, Sharpton, reared wildly in the gate. Carr was ejected out of the back of the gate and wasn’t sure what his head might have hit.
He walked around behind the gate without the need of assistance following the accident and was taken by ambulance to the track’s medical center, where he complained of a headache.
Carr was evaluated by Dr. Seftel and then transported to Highland Hospital for a precautionary CT-scan, which revealed the bleeding. Dr. Seftel said Carr is expected to remain in the Intensive Care Unit for one to two days, and then will be transferred to a regular floor.
Carr is fourth in the current Golden Gate standings, with 43 wins from 219 mounts. He’s been based at the Northern California track since 2012 after moving west from Finger Lakes in New York. He rode the Northern California circuit on two prior occasions, from 1995-2002 and 2004-07.
Carr began his career in 1986, riding his first winner, Crobosity, at Aqueduct on Jan. 25, 1987. His biggest win came at Belmont Park in 1989 when he rode Loblolly Stable’s De Roche to victory in the Grade 1 Jerome.
During his career, Carr recorded 2,905 wins from 19,666 mounts that had total earnings of $56,070,111.
In 2013, Carr was featured in a Paulick Report video produced by editor-in-chief Scott Jagow for the Breeders’ Cup or Bust fundraiser for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.
