{"id":161830,"date":"2025-12-01T05:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T05:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/161830\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T05:24:09","slug":"champion-apprentice-jockey-20-battles-for-survival-in-intensive-care-after-horrific-late-night-crash-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/161830\/","title":{"rendered":"Champion apprentice jockey, 20, battles for survival in intensive care after horrific late-night crash | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ChampionJoe Leavy. Image via: Getty Images Champion apprentice jockey Joe Leavy is fighting through the most serious challenge of his young career after a violent late-night crash left him in intensive care. The 20-year-old was behind the wheel when his car left a rural road near Lambourn at 1.26 a.m., sending all three occupants to the hospital. Two passengers have since been discharged. Leavy remains hospitalized with significant injuries that have shaken a racing community that watched him rise quickly through the ranks.His condition has stabilized, according to those close to him, but the incident has cast a shadow over a breakout year. Leavy earned the Champion Apprentice title at Ascot in October, and his momentum placed him among the sport\u2019s brightest young riders. The focus now turns to his recovery and the long road ahead.<\/p>\n

Joe Leavy\u2019s late-night crash leaves racing world awaiting updates<\/p>\n

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Joe Leavy. Image via: Great British Racing<\/p>\n

Thames Valley Police detailed the severity of the crash in a statement that confirmed the young jockey remains the only injured occupant still in care. \u201cOfficers were called at around 1.26am on Sunday to Newbury Road in Eastbury, Hungerford following a single vehicle collision. The three occupants, two men and a woman, were all taken to hospital. One man remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition,\u201d the spokesman said. \u201cThe other man and the woman have been discharged from hospital. No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing.\u201dTrainer Richard Hannon shared relief that Leavy avoided even more devastating harm. \u201cJoe is now off sedation and he is speaking with his family. It looks like he has suffered a collarbone and jaw injury, but he is very lucky,\u201d Hannon said. \u201cHis mum is grateful that he is now out of the woods and the focus is now on helping him make a full recovery. His family are extremely thankful to the ambulance crew and medical team at the hospital in Oxford.\u201dThe update softened the initial shock, though concern remains high. Leavy had been driving at the time of impact, and early reports point to a single-vehicle collision still under active investigation (per Daily Star).<\/p>\n

Joe Leavy\u2019s history of resilience shapes the path forward<\/p>\n

Leavy\u2019s supporters know he has faced grave danger before. At 16, he survived a life-threatening fall on the gallops that left him in an induced coma for a week. He later recalled the ordeal with clarity and grit. \u201cI had a bleed on my brain, a fractured skull and had 70-odd staples in my head,\u201d he told The Sun. Despite the trauma, he admitted that \u201cnothing really phases you\u201d at that age and that his focus was fixed on getting back in the saddle.As of now, Leavy is recovering as his fans await injury updates.Also Read: West Virginia University football fans honor Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe in emotional moment of silence after DC shooting attack<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Leavy. Image via: Getty Images Champion apprentice jockey Joe Leavy is fighting through the most serious challenge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30796,97309,85,27283,46,97308,97311,97313,97310,105,97312],"class_list":{"0":"post-161830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-car-crash","9":"tag-champion-apprentice-jockey","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-intensive-care","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-joe-leavy","14":"tag-racing-community","15":"tag-recovery-updates","16":"tag-richard-hannon","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-thames-valley-police"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}