For jockey Gary Birzer, it was another day of work. "As the seventh race began July 20 at Mountaineer Park, Birzer's wife, Amy, 26, and their daughter, Robyn, stood at a track concession stand. Amy was eating a Popsicle. Another jockey's wife rushed up and said, 'Gary went down.'" The Baltimore Sun profiles the jockey whose accident sparked the national debate over jockeys' insurance.

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