One of the worst falls in recent memory marred last Sunday’s Hobart meeting, with five horses losing their riders.
The fall occurred around the 600-metre mark in the opening event on the card when Shuji Amano’s mount, Pinkeyes Pride, appeared to stumble and crashed to the turf, setting off a chain reaction in which Georgie Catania, Jason Maskiell, Bulent Muhcu and David Pires all came to grief.
All five hoops were sent to hospital with Catania, Maskiell and Muhcu released later in the day. Amano suffered a fractured collarbone and Pires a suspected hip fracture.
The injury couldn’t have come at a worse time for dual premiership winner Pires with the Launceston Cup carnival kicking off on Sunday as he’s the stable hoop for leading trainer Scott Brunton and would have had bookings in most of the feature events.
The only equine casualty in the incident was the Charlie Goggin and Luella Meaburn-trained Grave Digger, who had to be euthanised.
Riding honours were shared at Hobart, with Troy Baker and apprentices Teagan Voorham and Chris Graham kicking home a pair of winners apiece.
Voorham took the day’s opener, a maiden plate over 1100 metres, aboard the John Luttrell-trained Berbent, later combining with Brendan McShane to guide his promising charge Somerset to victory in the Class 1 handicap over 1400 metres.
Graham opened his account filling in for the indisposed Catania on the Stuart Gandy-trained Gee Gees Wild One, who took the two-year-old maiden plate over 1000 metres.
The two-kilo claimer later teamed with Teagan Keys to take the benchmark 64 handicap over 2100 metres with veteran King Manu, who scored a tough on-pace win.
Baker took the final two events on the program. 
He kicked off with the Terry Evans-trained Turtles Nest, who was well supported from $12 to $5 scoring a narrow win in the benchmark 64 over 1400 metres.
Baker completed his double aboard the Sarah Cotton-trained Shining Star, who finished powerfully to score in a tight three-way finish to the benchmark 72 over 1100 metres.