Jockey Izzy Neale, 22, Dies After Fall at Warren Racecourse

Apprentice jockey Izzy Neale has died after a fall during a race at Warren Racecourse in Australia. She was 22. Her family announced on Tuesday that she had died from her injuries, according to the BBC.

The accident happened on Sunday. Neale was dislodged from her horse, Marnoo, during the race. She was airlifted to Dubbo hospital. The rest of the Cotton Cup meeting at Warren was abandoned after the fall.

Marnoo was euthanised after sustaining a serious leg injury in the accident. Racehorses that are badly hurt in falls are often put down on the course or soon after, because a broken leg in a galloping horse usually cannot be repaired well enough for it to walk again.

Another jockey, Diego Montes de Oca, was also injured in the same race. He suffered minor injuries to his foot and has been discharged from hospital.

Neale had ridden 88 winners in her career. As an apprentice, she was still learning her trade and rode with a weight allowance, a reduction in the weight she had to carry, which is given to younger riders until they have ridden a set number of winners. She worked for trainer John Thompson.

Her family said she would be an organ donor. Her death has brought fresh attention to the risks that jockeys accept each time they get on a horse. Many of them, especially the young riders, spend their mornings on the gallops before daylight, long before any crowd arrives.

Racing in Australia will now look at the loss of a young rider who was early in her career. Her family's decision to donate her organs is a reminder that, even in grief, something of her will go on helping others.