Winchester,VA : Renowned jockey dies in Pennsylvania racing accident on March, Thursday 22nd 2018

A renowned jockey who was among the best in Pennsylvania history has died of injuries suffered in a racing accident.

Parx Racing said in a statement that Jose Flores died Thursday. He was 56.

Flores was racing Monday at Parx, a track in the Philadelphia suburb of Bensalem, when his horse went down and Flores was thrown off.

The jockey won 4,650 races in a career that spanned more than three decades. He was the top career earner at Parx Racing, formerly Philadelphia Park, a track in the Philadelphia suburb of Bensalem.

The Equibase thoroughbred database says Flores's mounts earned $64 million in nearly 29,000 career starts.

Parx called Flores an "outstanding jockey" and expressed condolences to his family.

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Renowned jockey dies in Pennsylvania racing accident