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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor Espinoza is planning a comeback after fracturing a vertebra in his neck during a training accident at Del Mar.
That's according to his agent Brian Beach, who says Thursday that Espinoza is expected to see a doctor the first week in October to find out how he is progressing in his recovery from the July 22 accident.
Beach says Espinoza has remained in San Diego, where he goes to rehab sessions three days a week and goes walking three times a day. The 46-year-old Hall of Fame jockey only wears a neck brace when he rides in a car. He isn't allowed to drive himself yet.
Beach says Espinoza has a "bright outlook" but is frustrated at times because he has been nearly injury-free his entire career and never faced anything this serious.
Espinoza rode American Pharoah to a Triple Crown sweep in 2015.
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