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Former three-time champion jockey Dane Nelson is being assisted out of the racetrack ambulance by medical personnel on duty after he fell off Montegonian in the sixth race at Caymanas Park on January 9. Nelson, who only suffered a broken nose, resumed race riding the following Saturday.

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