Exercise rider Odanis Acuna dies in training accident

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs says exercise rider Odanis “Cuba” Acuna died in a training accident when his horse broke down with catastrophic injuries.
The 42-year-old rider for trainer Kenny McPeek was breezing unraced 2-year-old New York Harbor when the horse fell about a sixteenth of a mile before the finish line at around 5:45 a.m. Saturday.
A release from the track states that emergency medical personnel who treated Acuna believe he died instantly from the spill.