Coroner rules on death of jockey Ashlee Mundy

A New Zealand coroner is satisfied that the racing autumn belatedly inwards 2012 that toll jockey Ashlee Marie Mundy her life resulted from her mountain taking a spill subsequently clipping the hooves of some other horse.

Dunedin-based coroner David Crerar talked of the inherent dangers inwards the sport.

“Those participating have got some risk,” he said inwards his findings.

“Those involved inwards the direction of the manufacture protect the participants every bit best they can.

“It is hoped, however, that the decease of Ashlee Mundy volition seek out to last a learning sense for the racing manufacture together with that all of those involved proceed to prepare safer practices for the future.”

Crerar found that Mundy died at Dunedin Hospital early Dec 31, 2012, every bit a outcome of encephalon injuries resulting from blunt forcefulness to her head. The injuries were received when Elleaye, the Equus caballus she had been riding inwards a 1400-metre race at Kurow Racecourse the twenty-four hours before, clipped her hoof or hooves alongside those of a leading Equus caballus together with fell.

Mundy, 26, of Christchurch, was flown yesteryear helicopter to Dunedin Hospital next the fall, which occurred about 4.20pm.

Crear said constabulary inquiries established that at that topographic point was no prove of inappropriate riding or whatever other wrongdoing together with that the race was beingness conducted routinely without concerns beingness expressed yesteryear whatever of the jockeys.

All horses inwards the race were checked yesteryear a veterinarian surgeon together with a farrier together with no relevant injury or contributing constituent was found.

“All jockey witnesses praised Ashlee Mundy every bit a competent together with experienced jockey inwards whom they had faith together with trust whilst racing,” Crerar said.

A post-mortem exam yesteryear specialist pathologist Dr Alex Dempster noted that although skull fractures were non caused, the send on resulted inwards a rotational acceleration injury that caused severe sheering forces to the encephalon alongside major neural axonal damage.

Dempster said that, inwards his opinion, decease was due to “diffuse cerebral injury resulting from blunt forcefulness injury to the head”. The injuries were exclusively consistent alongside the effects of a autumn from a Equus caballus at amount speed.

Crerar said he was satisfied from the prove that runway weather condition were appropriate together with did non contribute to the fall.

Mundy, he noted, was recorded yesteryear the constabulary together with yesteryear runway officials every bit being appropriately clad for racing. She wore the necessary security vest together with wore a helmet designed to give protection inwards a fall.

“Unfortunately, the forces involved alongside the fall, every bit were explained yesteryear Dr Dempster, were significant. Elleaye was racing at unopen to lx kilometres per hr together with came to an well-nigh immediate terminate when she fell.

“Ashlee Mundy was projected at speed together with from a elevation of unopen to 2 metres to the track, to a signal where she landed well-nigh direct on her head.”

There was no prove of whatever failure yesteryear whatever private to supply or bring the appropriate care, he found.

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