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Racing jockey Coa improving after neck injury

The Columbian
Published: February 20, 2011, 12:00am

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A spokesman says racing jockey Eibar Coa’s condition improving after undergoing surgery for a neck injury he suffered in a fall from his horse.

Coa’s agent, Tito Fuentes, said in a press release Sunday that the jockey has some movement in his arms and shoulders after Saturday’s surgery. Coa, who fractured his C-4 vertebrae, has feeling throughout his body but cannot move his legs.

Coa is scheduled to have surgery again either Monday or Tuesday at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla.

Coa moved to the U.S. in 1993 and reached his 4,000th racing victory last year. He was injured in a spill after a race Friday that left another jockey, Paco Lopez, with an injured elbow.

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