Racing world in shock after death of young jockey

TRIBUTES flooded in yesterday for Jack Tyner, a promising young amateur jockey from Kinsale who died in the early hours of Monday morning, having suffered a serious head injury at Dungarvan point-to-point last Tuesday.

The 19-year-old son of well-known Innishannon-based trainer Robert Tyner was taken to Cork University Hospital after taking a heavy fall in the second section of the six-year-old and upwards mares’ maiden when his mount, Dusmagic, crashed out at the first fence.

Ironically, the teenager had won the previous race, the first division of that contest, aboard Exitnell.