Tragic! Japanese Jockey Dies After Being Trampled By A Horse In The Middle Of A Race

Japanese equestrian, Taiki Yanagida. (Photo: Twitter @MichaelSporty)

JAKARTA - The equestrian sport is dogged by grief. A Japanese jockey dies after being trampled by a horse during a race.

The jockey named Taiki Yanagida was trampled by a horse after falling in the middle of the race. At that time, his horse Te Atatu Pash tripped and made the jockey fall.

Unfortunately, Yanagida's helmet came off in the incident. While the horses of the other jockeys did not have time to get out of the way.

The 28-year-old athlete reportedly suffered severe brain and spinal cord damage as a result of the incident. He then fell into a coma.

The New Zealand Herald reported that Yanagida's back was so badly injured that even if he regained consciousness, he would almost certainly never be able to walk again.

However, the jockey nicknamed "The Tiger" breathed his last. He died accompanied by his mother Kayano and one of his two sisters at the Waikata hospital.

Former New Zealand rugby star Israel Dagg was among the first to pay homage to the tragic jockey. "RIP Taiki Yanagida. Even though we never met, it hurts," he wrote on Twitter.

Very sad to hear the news Taiki Yanagida passed away at Waikato Hospital from a race fall at Cambridge last Wed.

Here are photos I took of Taiki winning earlier on the day.

So sad 💔 RIP Taiki. pic.twitter.com/3OODjJJyqn

— Mark Nowell Racing (@MarkANowell) August 9, 2022

One racing fan wrote, "Really heartbreaking to hear about Taiki Yanagida, go away."

This incident was a blow to the mother. The reason, Kayano never wanted his son to be a jockey.

This was conveyed by the late Yanagida to Raceform, two months ago. "I wanted to try and become a jockey but my mother didn't agree, she said I should go to college first.

"I finished a year at university before saying I was going to Australia to train as a jockey. Now my mom is happy for me, she knows I'm doing what I always wanted to do."

"But he still worries about me and always goes to the temple to pray for my luck and safety."