Bike club's latest accomplishment. Protest group wants doctors, cops.
PLUS: Big Travers Day winner in the hospital until further notice.
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Top: Friday’s Saratoga Shredders’ ‘roll-out’ earns 1st-in-the-nation honors
Mid: This year’s Personal Ensign winner recovering after terrible spill in KY
Bottom: Indivisible seeks safety workers ahead of second “No Kings” rally
Saratoga Shredders’ ‘roll-out’ earns 1st-in-the-nation honors
Join Saratoga Shredders mountain biking club on Friday for a ‘roll-out’ that kicks off the first program of its kind in the country.
By: Abby Tegnelia
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To celebrate its new partnership with Saratoga Springs High School, the Saratoga Shredders youth mountain biking club is hosting a “roll-out” this Friday at 2:30 p.m. (bring the kiddos!) starting at the storage shed by the high school tennis courts.
The nonprofit’s Bikes in Schools program already boasts a fully-funded (bikes and coaching) partnership with Saratoga Springs Elementary schools and a middle school program. With the addition of the high school, Saratoga Shredders is now the first K-12 Bikes in Schools program in the country.
“Cycling is a lifelong sport and teaches independence and resilience — and is something that families can do together,” says Shredders Board President Marcella Hammer. “By removing the financial barrier and getting all kids on bikes in school, we’re encouraging sustainable recreation and getting kids (and adults) off screens and into nature.”
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This year’s Personal Ensign winner recovering after terrible spill in KY
A-list jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., who piloted Thorpedo Anna to victory on Travers Day, is in the hospital until further notice.
By: Abby Tegnelia
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A-list jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. is in the hospital after a major spill at Churchill Downs on Sunday, recovering from liver surgery and nursing seven broken ribs and a punctured lung.
The Kentucky-based jockey, 39, triumphed at the Kentucky Derby last year aboard Mystik Dan, and made it to Saratoga for Travers Day this year, to ride Thorpedo Anna to victory in the Personal Ensign Stakes. Both horses are running in big races (Goldencents and Fast Anna, respectively) in the coming weeks, which Hernandez will have to forgo as he heals. The Breeders Cup also falls in that time window.
“The doctors are saying between six and eight weeks,” he told Thoroughbred Daily News in an article posted Monday, September 22. He was having surgery on his ribs today, he told the outlet.
The accident happened in Race 3 on Sunday, with Hernandez aboard Sgt. Garcia, who threw him to the track near the backstretch after injuring a front leg. They were so far in the back of the pack that the announcer didn’t even see it and it was just barely caught on camera. Sgt. Garcia was euthanized.
“Any time you’re dealing with a profession where an ambulance follows you around the track proves the point that it’s a pretty dangerous job,” Hernandez told TDN. “Riding-wise you know that going into it, so you have to keep that in the back of your mind. At the same time yesterday sitting there in the back of the ambulance, at one point you’re saying I don’t ever want to do this again. The next second, you’re thinking ‘When can I come back?’”
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Indivisible seeks safety workers ahead of second “No Kings” rally
Email asks about professional skills.
By: Stephen Thurston
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The request from Indivisible ADK/Saratoga that entered the Dispatch’s email inbox earlier this week was a bit unusual: “Do you have prior military, police, law enforcement, or other first responder experience? Are you a trained medical professional? EMT? FF-EMT? Any first aid or medical training? We could use your help! Please join our Safety Team or Medics Team today!”
The invite says the group is looking to beef
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