SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - An exercise rider for trainer Steve Asmussen died after being injured in a riding accident at Saratoga Race Course.
Parker Buckley suffered a head injury at the track on Monday. Asmussen told the Daily Racing Form that Buckley was galloping a horse when he was unseated on the Oklahoma training track.
Buckley, a former jockey, was taken to Albany Medical Center, where he was placed in a medically induced coma. Medical staff waited until his family could arrive before taking him off life support.
The hospital confirmed Tuesday that Buckley had died.
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