![]() ![]() ![]() His father was a jockey, as is his father-in-law and his wife, Katie Davis McCarthy. McCarthy last year, like da Silva before him, sought help before it was too late. Look, there’s proof of it, right? We lost two guys.” With the mental and physical state, when you mix both of them together, it can be a recipe for disaster. “We take a lot of beatings mentally and physically. “This needs to be addressed,” jockey Trevor McCarthy said. ![]() While jockeys interviewed for this story worry that racing has lagged behind other sports in accepting the importance of their mental health on the job, there is hope that renewed conversation about it prompts real change. Combine that with criticism from owners, trainers and bettors and the need to maintain the low weight necessary to establish a career, and jockeys have been quietly suffering for as long as they have been riding horses. The dangers of riding thoroughbreds at high speed add up to an average of two jockeys dying from racing each year and 60 being paralyzed, according to one industry veteran, citing data dating to 1940. ![]()
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