72 NATIONAL JOCKEYS TRUST 4HE .ATIONAL *OCKEYS 4RUST CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FORMER JOCKEYS AND CURRENT JOCKEYS COMMEMORATES THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND RAISES AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR THE .ATIONAL *OCKEYS 4RUST 4HE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE .ATIONAL *OCKEYS 4RUST IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FORMER AND CURRENT JOCKEYS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AS A RESULT OF SERIOUS INJURY ILLNESS OR DEATH OF A JOCKEY 4HE .ATIONAL *OCKEYS 4RUST HAS PROVIDED FUNDS TO MORE THAN JOCKEYS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EXCEEDING MILLION 4HERE ARE OVER JOCKEYS REGISTERED IN !USTRALIA AND HERE ARE SOME STATISTICS THAT SUPPORT THE NEED FOR THE .*4 s !USTRALIAN JOCKEYS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN RACE FALLS SINCE s !PPROXIMATELY RIDERS ARE INJURED EACH YEAR ON !USTRALIAN RACETRACKS s #OMBINED WITH TRACKWORK WE HAVE NEARLY FALLS ANNUALLY s OF JOCKEYS WILL HAVE A FALL THAT REQUIRES MEDICAL ASSISTANCE s HAVE FALLEN MORE THAN TIMES s %ACH YEAR OF JOCKEYS WILL HAVE A FALL THAT WILL PREVENT THEM FROM RIDING FOR AN AVERAGE OF WEEKS s !PPROX OF THESE FALLS WOULD BE TERMED CAREER ENDING INJURIES s /VER OF !USTRALIAN JOCKEYS EARN LESS THAN PER YEAR BEFORE EXPENSES s )T IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE NEXT YEARS WE WILL SEE JOCKEY DEATHS AND JOCKEYS WILL SUFFER CAREER ENDING INJURIES INCLUDING PARAPLEGIA QUADRIPLEGIA AND SEVERE BRAIN INJURY
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