, (New York: Doubleday & Company, 1985), p. 39.
12
athleticism study:
(video), Tel-Air Productions, 1980.
13
“a situation of dynamic imbalance …”: A. E. Waller, et al., “Jockey Injuries in the United States,”
, 2000; vol. 283, no. 10.
14
“the ultimate impossibility …”: Beckwith,
, p. 33.
15
lengths lost on turns: Eric Wing, National Thoroughbred Racing Association e-mail interview, May 2000.
16
two hundred or more falls:
(video), Tel-Air Productions, 1980.
17
three thousand pounds of force: George Pratt, e-mail interview, February 13, 1998.
18
current jockey injury rates: John Giovanni, telephone interview, January 23, 1998.
19
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago:
News, June/July 1999, p. 58.
20
one in every five injuries is to head or neck: Waller, et al., “Jockey Injuries in the United States.”
21
13 percent of jockeys suffered concussions: J. M. Press, P. D. Davis, S. L. Wiesner, et al., “The National Jockey Injury Study: An Analysis of Injuries to Professional Horse-Racing Jockeys,”
, 1993; 5:236–40.
22
Nineteen jockeys killed between 1935 and 1939: Ron Farra,
(Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Saratoga Mountain Press, 1998), p. 69.
23
jockey headgear: Mike Griffin, telephone interview, January 23, 1998; Johnny Longden, telephone interview, January 13, 1998; Woody Stephens, telephone interview, January 13, 1998.
24
“Sandy Graham”: Tommy Luther, telephone interview, February 2, 1998.
25
Donoghue: Steve Donoghue,
(New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938), pp. 234–42, 126–30.
26
Ralph Neves: “Long Ride Over for Jockey Neves,”
, July 8, 1995, p. C1; “Resurrected,”
