Happy Sunrise Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Oh my. Hope he is alright. That was awful. 4 Quote
Rangatira Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Happy Sunrise said: Oh my. Hope he is alright. That was awful. sickening 2 Quote
Rusty Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Extremely frightening seeing that. Fingers crossed RT May is ok. 3 Quote
Happy Sunrise Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Rusty said: Extremely frightening seeing that. Fingers crossed RT May is ok. I really hope so. Quote
Mardy Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Holy shit....i totally missed it.But obviously not hard to work out what has happened.All the best to the lil man and his family. Quote
Happy Sunrise Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 Just posting these tweets to keep people informed. 1 Quote
Happy Sunrise Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 Conscious is good. That is a positive surely. Quote
Happy Sunrise Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 I hope for the best for a legend of the game. It is so upsetting. 1 Quote
Rusty Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Credit to the aforementioned people to assist Mr May when he really needed it, especially Ellie Barron. Also to the clerk of the course and driver John Dunn (2nd position behind A G's Whitesocks) for recognizing what was ahead of him and ensuring that no other horses/drivers were put in harm's way. In the racing game it is all to easy to criticize people, but man in times of need, racing folk sure know how to spring into action when the time comes. Thoughts and best wishes to Mr May and his family. 1 Quote
globederby12 Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Very rare event indeed. Thoughts are with the Legend and his family, it is to soon Ricky we need you back. From memory the only other time it has happened (I think) was Eugene McDermot, who collapsed from the cart during the NZ Cup that Parisienne won. Unfortunately he didnt make it , from all accounts he was dead when he hit the ground. 2 Quote
Enteebee Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, globederby12 said: Very rare event indeed. Thoughts are with the Legend and his family, it is to soon Ricky we need you back. From memory the only other time it has happened (I think) was Eugene McDermot, who collapsed from the cart during the NZ Cup that Parisienne won. Unfortunately he didnt make it , from all accounts he was dead when he hit the ground. Hi Globe watching that today was terrible. I grew up with the Mays sort of adopted as my friend was Ricky's cousin. I was there when Ruling River won his first race for his grandmother Anne. That same year I was in the Ambulance at Ashburton when Merv Wills had a heart arttack on Harlem Cherie and fell out of the sulky. No TV in those days and it wasn't until Doug Mangos got to the finish line to tell us to move our arses that we went to where it happened. Unfortunately there was nothing much we could do that day as horses had run over him. John Dunn did so well today to realise something was very wrong. My thoughts gets are with Ricky Judy and family. 1 Quote
Newmarket Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 How the hell did this not get a mention on One news?? Quote
Happy Sunrise Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, Newmarket said: How the hell did this not get a mention on One news?? I think because it was a medical event and not an 'accident'. for starters. The also would have had sketchy information about it and couldn't confirm much of it. Let alone showing the actual event which they could not. Even now on twitter there is extra information which is possibly unconfirmed so I won't screenshot. I only did the above to hear what was going on initially. Now he is in the hands of the right people it is possibly best just to keep quiet and let family and friends handle everything. 1 Quote
Flagship uberalles Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 very sad, I didn't watch any racing today, I just saw a little bit in the Herald online. he's a tough bloke and hopefully he pulls through...one of the real good guys 1 Quote
Rusty Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 I haven't watched TV1 news since they didn't extend Judy Bailey's contract, but TV3 had it on their news tonight. Quote
Rusty Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Sorry, I should add, TV3 covered the story, with file footage and no video of today's race. They covered it accurately and with respect. 4 Quote
Newmarket Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Happy Sunrise said: I hope for the best for a legend of the game. It is so upsetting. I see garrick also posted he showed no signs of life for 20 mins?? Wow if that is correct that is very, very serious. Good luck to him with this, he is a real nice guy, one of the games real gentlemen 2 Quote
Brodie Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Yes does put things into perspective! Ricky is a great driver and an even better bloke. Didnt look flash on TV and a big thanks to the people responsible for saving him. All the very best to Ricky and family Edited January 2, 2020 by Brodie 4 Quote
Happy Sunrise Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Newmarket said: I see garrick also posted he showed no signs of life for 20 mins?? Wow if that is correct that is very, very serious. ? 1 Quote
Ronaldo Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 That is a heck of a long time. I've been through complete cardiac arrest myself and had no heartbeat at all for 12 minutes. I normally don't believe in the power of prayer but will make an exception for Ricky. Hang in there son! 4 Quote
Newmarket Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 It seems he is in a stable condition, no pun intended. In some ways, he was lucky it happened with so many people around to take care of him, had it happened to him while alone in his tractor on his farm, outcome could be very different. Good luck to him, hope it turns out ok 4 Quote
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