Brent Lee injured
• I The former Riccarton appren- I tice, Brent Lee, received mod- i erately serious injuries when : he was involved in a race fall ’ at Tarralgon, about 100 miles east of Melbourne, last Satur- ; day. Lee, who only recently returned to Australia to team up with his father, Garry, who ; trains at Mornington, fractured a leg in two places and sustained severe head injuries when his mount clipped the 1 heels of a tiring rival and fell near the straight entrance. Lee's father, who phoned 'The Press" from Melbourne 1 last evening with the news of the accident, seemed pretty hopeful that the lad will be all right although he will be hospitalised for some time. "It was bad luck for he was riding well and had kicked home half a dozen winners, ini eluding the Pakenham Cup win- . ner, since he came back," he ■ I said. "He doesn't have a big ; ! circle of friends here yet and ; ; a cheery note or a card from | : some of the people he knew i at Riccarton would no doubt | give him a boost." Lee was admitted to Ward Two, O’d Building, St Vincents Hospital, Victoria Parade, Mel- | bourne. 1 ; . : J , i L t t 1 - 1 , ' ' • t I
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