Ho conscious and moving after nasty Sha Tin fall
Star rider taken to Prince of Wales Hospital after hitting the turf in race six on Sunday
by Jay Rooney on Sunday, February 9, 2025 4:08 PM Jockey Vincent Ho. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Vincent Ho Chak-yiu has been taken to Prince of Wales Hospital after a nasty fall from Oldtown near the finish of race six at Sha Tin on Sunday.
The early prognosis on Ho's condition was positive, with Jockey Club officials confirming Hong Kong's leading home-grown jockey was conscious with full limb movement after falling from the Chris So Wai-yin-trained Oldtown late in the Class Four TVB Leung Kuk Gala Spectacular Handicap (1,200m).
It was the latest fall in what has been a wretched couple of years for Ho, with an off-season fall in Japan leaving him with a fractured T5 vertebra in 2023.
He missed further time after another fall at Sha Tin in January last year, while he was also sidelined with a bout of concussion after a fall on the Sha Tin dirt in December.
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