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Near-death experience lessens pain of missing group 1 ride for Spriggs
2025-04-22 21:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
SportRacingAutumn Racing CarnivalBy Christian NicolussiApril 4, 2025 3.15pm, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Jockey Blake Spriggs knows he is lucky to be alive after surviving a sickening race fall in January.This is why he is grateful rather than jealous about watching one of his favourite horses, Headwall, start without him in the group 1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.Spriggs was in the saddle for Headwalls win on debut, and piloted him to victory another three times, including last spring in the Warra at Kembla Grange.The jockey and one of Headwalls leading owners, Reg Young, have known each other years and dreamt about teaming up with the horse in a major group 1.Spriggs and fellow jockey Beany Panya crashed to the turf during a race at Moruya, on the NSW south coast, in January, with genuine fears Spriggs would not survive.The 33-year-old is not only making a recovery...
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