Martino v. Park Jefferson Racing Ass'n

DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in the amount of $25,000 awarded to appellee Ronald Martino (Marti-no) for personal injury and $7,500 awarded to appellee Virginia Martino for loss of consortium. We affirm.

Martino was a jockey for nine years. During the off season, he worked at a thoroughbred racehorse training ranch in Colorado. On August 22, 1976, Martino was riding a two-year-old horse, named “Opportunities Here,” in the fifth race at Park Jefferson, South Dakota. At the start of the race, the horse broke from his position at the gate and took the…