Rider Keith Asmussen Injured When Unseated at Churchill

Jockey Keith Asmussen, unseated early in the first race June 1 at Churchill Downs aboard Singsational , was transported to University of Louisville Hospital for "further evaluation of a probable left femur fracture and possible hip injury," according to track publicity. He left the track on a stretcher but was conscious.

Winchell Thoroughbreds' Singsational, jostled between horses and squeezed back at the start, clipped a rival's hind heels and fell as the field raced down the backstretch, the Equibase chart indicated. Following a stewards' inquiry, no change was made to the order of finish in the $10,000 claiming race won by the late-rallying Miss Tappy Tone .

#Singsational appears fine after a spill in the first race at Churchill Downs and was corralled by outriders after the race. Jockey Keith Asmussen was placed on a stretcher and loaded into the ambulance pic.twitter.com/I9kJ1vSDoz

— Sean Collins (@BH_SCollins) June 1, 2024

Asmussen's mount was corralled by outriders after the race and was OK, Churchill Downs publicity indicated.

The jockey, the 25-year-old son of North America's winningest trainer, Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, was aboard Singsational for his father.

Keith Asmussen, who began riding in 2020, is in the midst of a career-best year in 2024, winning 64 races and notching his first graded stakes victory in piloting Lemon Muffin  to victory in the Honeybee Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park this spring. Last month, he rode Lemon Muffin to an eighth-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Just Steel  to a 17th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby (G1), both at Churchill Downs for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

-This story will be updated when more information is available.