'I was in the grandstand watching the race and I saw the spill,' said Ned Allard, trainer. Jose Flores saddled up on the same horse, for the very same race he has won three weeks earlier, not knowing this time he would never make it around the Parx race track. It was during the ninth of 10 races on Monday.
'He went down, hard, head first,' said Dave Yannuzzi, Flores' agent. The jockey hit the ground head first and suffered a massive trauma. Parx Racing announced the death of Jose Flores, 56, who was racing Monday at the suburban Philadelphia track when his horse went down and Flores was thrown off. (WPVI) - A renowned jockey who was among the best in Pennsylvania history died Thursday of injuries suffered in a racing accident. Jockey Jose Flores dies following racing accident at Parx: Christie Ileto reports on Action News at 11 p.m., March 22, 2018īENSALEM, Pa.
