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Caustic feedback, serious injuries and the quiet mental health suffering of horse racing jockeys

BALTIMORE (AP) — Eurico Rosa da Silva was in a dark place.

On the track, the jockey in his early 30s was winning races and making money. At home, he was fighting suicidal thoughts every day.

'I got to the point where I have no more choice but to go for help,' he recalled recently. 'I went because if I have no choice, I would kill myself.'

Da Silva got help in 2006 and rode for more than a decade befo…

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