PHOENIX, AZ—MARCH 4, 2021— Veteran jockey Scott Stevens will retire from the saddle after an injury he sustained at Turf Paradise on February 24.

His younger brother, retired jockey Gary Stevens, reported the news via Twitter on Wednesday.

Stevens was unseated shortly after the start of the Turf Paradise's third race on February 24, a 7-˝ furlong maiden-optional claiming race on the turf. He sustained a broken C2 vertebrae along with other minor injuries. According to his younger brother, Stevens has feeling and no paralysis, but he will never ride competitively again.

Stevens began his riding career at Les Bois Park in Boise, Idaho, where his father, Ron Stevens, was a trainer. His career achievements include induction into the Canterbury Park Hall of Fame, the George Woolf Award in 2019 and nine Thoroughbred riding titles at Turf Paradise.

Stevens will retire with 5,049 Thoroughbred wins from 33,447 mounts and Thoroughbred mount earnings of $43,680,398. He also rode the winners of 157 Quarter Horse races from 756 mounts, and his Quarter Horse mounts earned $912,929.

Stevens rode Rocket Effort to victory in the 2001 Yavapai Downs Futurity (G3) and Shes A Royal Flirt to win the '96 Sooner Trailer Derby Challenge Championship (G2) at Turf Paradise.