Gomez with possible ankle or heel fracture

[Kasept]

Thrown from Daytona mount pre-race.

[Alan07]

Is there any difference between an ankle or heel injury in terms of time missed?

[Honu]

He will be fine he doesnt need to be able to walk to ride.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Honu

He will be fine he doesnt need to be able to walk to ride.

i'm pretty sure a jocks weight is carried by his feet in the stirrups.

if he fractured his heel, he'll be out for months. my husband broke his heel in five places a few years ago, he was off work almost four months.

[LARHAGE]

Actually a riders weight is on the balls of their feet, jockeys never have weight on their heels, now with a fracture it probably hurts like hell to put riding boots on but it would be far more comfortable for him to ride than walk, Gary Stevens said he broke his heel and couldnt walk for 6 months, but he could ride, these guys are tough.

[Honu]

He will, if he rides most likely freeze in a bucket of ice water and wrap it before he rides as there are no medics in the jocks room to block it like football players have. Gomez is pretty tough, he might gimp out to the paddock but once he gets in the stirrups mother nature will kick in and if the pressure of his heel doesnt pinch him to much when its down he will ride. Ive seen jock's win races with their shoulder that had just been dislocated tape up and ride and I have seen guy's like Scott Stevens ride with a broken collar bone in 4 weeks. Its actually pretty amazing how much the human body can take when you want to do something.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

Actually a riders weight is on the balls of their feet, jockeys never have weight on their heels, now with a fracture it probably hurts like hell to put riding boots on but it would be far more comfortable for him to ride than walk, Gary Stevens said he broke his heel and couldnt walk for 6 months, but he could ride, these guys are tough.

true, they do balance on the balls of their feet. he'll have to borrow someone else's boots-the swelling will be there for some time. they usually wait ten days to do surgery for the initial swelling to go down. tony has an l-shaped scar, a titanium plate around his heel, and 14 screws holding it all together. not a pretty sight.