Harness Horse Racing Accident 2008 Jason Bartlett Yonkers

Yonkers, NY --- Jason Bartlett, leading driver at Yonkers Raceway, was injured in a second race accident on Friday night.
Bartlett, driving Hurricane Mike, was unseated when the sulky broke passing the quarter-mile pole, and was subsequently run over by trailing horses and sulkies.

He suffered an injury to his right leg, and was taken to Lawrence Hospital in nearby Bronxville, N.Y. for tests and further evaluation. No further information was available as of this writing.

The 27-year-old Bartlett, a native of Augusta, Maine, won his 2,000th career race earlier this season. Overall in 2008, he has won 241 races and more than $2 million in purses, with 178 victories and more than $1.6 million in purses coming here. He won the evening's first race with the favored Your Not Funny.

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[Greenvegan828]

Congrats to Ray Baynes who won the race!

[1993spirit]

i would rather see the man dead then the horse

[artman182]

I watched Bartlett drive a lot at Bangor Raceway when he was younger. He always could drive the heck out of anything. Very talented driver. It's been very fun to see a guy from small town Maine make it in the big time.

[DemonChinChilla355]

@Stamolka1986 all of the brickyard horses are grey, all are the cajuns and logs too, theres alot of them

[DemonChinChilla355]

@MrItaliano1900 the horse was a goat, doesnt stack up to mack lobell, secratariet, red rum, cam fella

[MrItaliano1900]

watch the best horse ever in my channel , Varenne n.1

of story

[howardm74]

@Cabaret43 yes bike had weak spots they recalled those bikes just like a safety recall and better insepection process

[smrand2]

wow that was bad. was out in vegas when bartlett made his debut out there. was very suprised to see his name on the sheet. told all my friends in the book he was gonna be a stud out there and he is.

[PlaYah1979]

Man J.B is lucky he didn't get killed wow

[hypjoe]

FUCK the police!