The huge crowd at Flemington have watched on in horror as a bad race fall played out in Race 9 on Tuesday.
Jockey Blake Shinn was left lying on the track at around the 200m mark in the famous Flemington straight after his mount She’s Got Pizzazz, trained by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, crashed to the turf during the running of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes.
Ambulances, paramedics and support staff rushed to Shinn, who lay motionless on the turf for moments after the fall, before assessing him and rounding up the four-year-old mare, who managed to get back on her feet and run through the finish line.
Vision of Shinn, 38, sitting up on the track was encouraging to see, but the star hoop was clearly in pain and was given the green whistle for pain relief as has was treated by the

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