'The good news is he is conscious': Star jockey Blake Shinn leaves Flemington in ambulance after nasty fall
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Superstar jockey Blake Shinn left onlookers shaken after he took a nasty fall while riding She's Got Pizzazz in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes at Flemington in a dramatic incident on Melbourne Cup day.
Shin was able to sit up and was conscious, after the horse tumbled while trying to pierce a gap in the final 200m of the race.
The horse kept its footing and continued to run on riderless.
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Blake Shinn falls on Melbourne Cup day. Nine
Shinn was left behind in a dangerous spot on the Flemington turf, leaving him vulnerable to being trampled by horses at the back of the field.
The 38-year-old rode 2008 Melbourne Cup winner Viewed.
9News journalist Tony Jones provided the latest on the jockey soon after the race.
"He is sitting up and he will be placed in an ambulance pretty shortly and taken to hospital," Jones told Nine.
"He has a serious leg injury at the moment. Not entirely sure what that injury is at the moment, all we know is it is a leg injury.
"The good news is he is conscious, he's sitting up and will be taken to hospital and cared for there."
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Blake Shinn receives medical attention. Getty
Shinn's injury is a suspected broken leg. There was no reports of injury to the horse following the incident.
The incident occurred only an hour after the Lexus Melbourne Cup was run, with Half Yours and jockey Jamie Melham galloping to a famous victory.
