Spotlight on Thomas Healy
Thomas Healy
- Born: 1905
- Died: 31 October 1939
- Service Date:1 November 1939
- Disposition:Burial
- Cemetery: Rookwood
- Location:Section Grave, Mortuary 2 2 Grave 1463
JOCKEY DIES AFTER FATAL FALL
A Tragic Accident
Extract from Windsor and Richmond Gazette - 03 Nov 1939
JOCKEY KILLED AT RICHMOND RACE MEETING TRAMPLED AFTER FALL
THE second fatal accident within the course of a few months occurred at the Londonderry racecourse last Tuesday after noon, when a prominent Sydney jockey, Thomas Healy, aged 34 years, died in the Hawkesbury District Hospital as a result of injuries received in a race mishap at the Richmond Race Club's meeting. It will be remembered that on July 17 this year, Henry Benjamin Phipps, a well-known Windsor resident was accidentally killed on the same track, when he was involved in an accident at a meeting conducted by the Richmond Trotting Club.
It appears that Healy, who was riding Citare in the first division of the Maiden Handicap, had set up an early lead in the race, and when he was approaching the home turn, being then about three-quarters of a length clear of the rest of the field, one of his stirrup leathers broke, and he lost his balance, falling from his mount in front of a field of eight runners. It is not known if he struck the rail in falling, but it appears, from the shocking head injuries he sustained, that he was struck by the hooves of several following horses . His .skull cap was in good condition when it was picked up.
When the accident occurred Healy's mount was toeing overhauled toy Gallop, ridden by E. McMenamin, the latter, on noticing that Healy had lost his balance, instinctively reaching o... More
