Tributes have been paid to jockey Alex Canchari following his unexpected death on Wednesday at the age of 29.
Canchari, who had a wife and two children, had ridden more than 1,000 winners of earnings in excess of £24 million in the US and came from a family of jockeys. His last ride was in October last year at Prairie Meadows in Iowa.
The terrible news was confirmed by his sister Ashley in a post on Facebook which said: "My heart physically hurts. I’m so sorry you were in so much pain Alex and thought there was no other way out.
