THE tragedy surrounding the death of picnic jockey Reece Potter at Tottenham in March 2011 will be revisited during the next two days when an inquest is held at Parkes Courthouse.
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Magistrate Hugh Dillon, the deputy State Coroner, will preside over the inquest, which Potter's family hopes will resolve the circumstances surrounding the fall that ultimately took his life.
Potter was riding the Rodney Robb-trained Half Handy in the final race of the day after earlier riding two winners on the program.
Tragically, Half Handy shattered its pelvis during the running of the race, sending Potter crashing to the turf in a fall that left the 23-year-old with severe head injuries.
Ambulance crews at the track attended to Potter before he was transferred to Dubbo and then later airlifted to the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital in Sydney.
As well as head injuries, he suffered a collapsed lung and was put in an induced coma by doctors as they determined whether to operate on him.
Eventually his family were left to make the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support machine.
Potter was the son of former western districts jockey Mick Potter, the grandson of well-known racing identity Harry Williams and the nephew of former Goulburn trainer Danny Williams, who recently took up a position as stable foreman for trainer Tony McEvoy at Hawkesbury.
The inquest is expected to last two days.