Rick Wilson (born August 12, 1953, in McAlester, Oklahoma) is a retired American jockey and a member of the inaugural class of inductees into the Parx Racing Hall of Fame.
In 2005 he was nominated for the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award for high standards of professional conduct in racing and life.
While his horse was stumbling Wilson was tossed from the saddle, whereupon his mount proceeded to inadvertently step on the jockey's head as he lay prone on the racetrack.
[8] He was flown from the Pimlico Race Course via a State Police MedEvac (medical evacuation) helicopter to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
During this time Wilson visited a psychiatrist to help overcome the emotional and mental trauma the event had caused him.