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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens remained hospitalized Sunday, a day after he was thrown to the turf and nearly trampled in the Arlington Million.

A spokesman at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights said Sunday that Stevens, whose left shoulder was stepped on, was in fair condition. But he declined to release the results of X-rays.

Stevens has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung, according to a statement released Sunday by the public relations firm representing Stevens. The statement said the jockey should be leaving the hospital in the next few days.

Stevens’ agent, Craig O’Bryan, told The Blood-Horse magazine’s Web site Sunday that Stevens was extremely sore but “as of now it appears he was very lucky and didn’t break anything.”

Stevens, who has a starring role in the movie “Seabiscuit,” fell off Storming Home a few strides past the finish line in Saturday’s race. After he remained motionless for five minutes, Stevens sat up and moved his legs before he was carried off the track on a stretcher and taken to the hospital.

Storming Home finished a half-length ahead of Sulamani and was initially declared the winner of the race. But the horse was disqualified because it had bolted far to the outside just before the wire and veered into the path of Sulamani and two others.

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