Worst day ever? Jockey injured in fall and then run over by ambulance

“They stopped it on top of my leg so I started screaming; it broke it straight away.“

Worst day ever? Jockey injured in fall and then run over by ambulance

A young jockey from Down had the worst of days on the track on Sunday, when he was first injured in a race and then made much worse by the emergency services.

Chris Meehan has spent the summer racing in Italy, and was riding in a hurdle in Merano when he was unseated.

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