A jockey who allegedly jumped straight off his horse during a race has left the country as an investigation was launched.

“He bonded with a blind horse, Delilah, and they have helped each other heal. Jericho has anxiety, allergies, and IBD. He’s a wind sucker, a side winder, had ulcers and colic surgery a year ago.

A scared horse should never be reprimanded for his anxiety; it will only make his nerves worse. If horses are in stalls or a shelter when bad weather strikes, ...

Horses are just different from many animals, even other equines. “They can run really fast,” said Dr. Scott E. Palmer, the equine medical director of the New York State Gaming Commission.

“We currently have the 'big barn,’ which has 24 stalls, and a smaller barn, original to the property, that we use to isolate a horse if it arrives in particularly compromised health,” Keyser ...

So that way their horse could use a stall weather permitting,” said Williams. Williams hasn’t received the call for help just yet but said he is always ready to help.