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Wesley Joyce has his first rides back after just over a year out after sustaining serious injuries when his mount fell whilst leading in a race at Galway last year.
The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) reported Joyce suffered complex injuries that included a vascular issue within his chest, damage to his larynx as well as to his lungs, ribs and collarbone.
Joyce began a long period of rehabilitation in September that has paid off with him set to resume his career at Naas.
A native of Moyross in Limerick city, he will team up with Wave Machine for his boss Johnny Murtagh in a five-furlong fillies‘ sprint handicap.
“He’s been ready to go a while now, but I didn’t want him to go back to Galway,” Murtagh said on Friday. “He’s as tough as nails and he hasn’t lost any of his drive. He’s still got it.”
Joyce had ridden six winners from more than 100 rides last season when the spill occurred.
“He was flying, and it was his first ride in a Listed race as a 7lb claimer. It just shows what this game can be like. It’s great to see him back,” Murtagh added.
IHRB chief medical officer Jennifer Pugh said Joyce has shown an “astonishing level of commitment to his recovery and in his quest to return to fitness and race riding.”
She said on Friday: “To say he has climbed a mountain is an understatement and he is a credit to himself and our sport. Wesley returns to race riding 12 months after sustaining significant injuries in a fall at the Galway races, following which he spent his initial weeks under the care of the excellent surgeons in University Hospital Galway before being discharged to his home in Moyross to recuperate.
The above copied from The Irish Times, great to see the young lad back after those horrendous injuries, was showing a lot of promise at the time.
Wave Machine is a C/D winner and with his 7lb claim gets a lot of weight from the Fav, be nice if Johnny can get him back on a winner. Does have an earlier ride in h'cap sprint on Peerless but doesn't have his preferred going.
The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) reported Joyce suffered complex injuries that included a vascular issue within his chest, damage to his larynx as well as to his lungs, ribs and collarbone.
Joyce began a long period of rehabilitation in September that has paid off with him set to resume his career at Naas.
A native of Moyross in Limerick city, he will team up with Wave Machine for his boss Johnny Murtagh in a five-furlong fillies‘ sprint handicap.
“He’s been ready to go a while now, but I didn’t want him to go back to Galway,” Murtagh said on Friday. “He’s as tough as nails and he hasn’t lost any of his drive. He’s still got it.”
Joyce had ridden six winners from more than 100 rides last season when the spill occurred.
“He was flying, and it was his first ride in a Listed race as a 7lb claimer. It just shows what this game can be like. It’s great to see him back,” Murtagh added.
IHRB chief medical officer Jennifer Pugh said Joyce has shown an “astonishing level of commitment to his recovery and in his quest to return to fitness and race riding.”
She said on Friday: “To say he has climbed a mountain is an understatement and he is a credit to himself and our sport. Wesley returns to race riding 12 months after sustaining significant injuries in a fall at the Galway races, following which he spent his initial weeks under the care of the excellent surgeons in University Hospital Galway before being discharged to his home in Moyross to recuperate.
The above copied from The Irish Times, great to see the young lad back after those horrendous injuries, was showing a lot of promise at the time.
Wave Machine is a C/D winner and with his 7lb claim gets a lot of weight from the Fav, be nice if Johnny can get him back on a winner. Does have an earlier ride in h'cap sprint on Peerless but doesn't have his preferred going.
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Heading over there soon Stewarts and wishing the young man all the best , showed remarkable resilience to get this far so early after such a terrible fall..
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If you do get to speak to him, give him my regards and wish him well, was coming along nicely and still has his 7lb claim for a good few winners yet. Doubt many starting of would have the courage to come back from those injuries, tell him i've put him in the naps comp so i'm banking on him, get out the stalls get the best ground and go!
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What a great young fella. Best of luck to him.
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Well done young man, 1st winner back after a few close placed horses.
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Hope you were on that one - stewarts = BSP 16.1
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Unfortunately not, got a dream run up the inside didn't he. Did have a quick look at it but didn't really fancy it to be honest. Great for him though.
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3 on the trot for young Wesley, knew he could ride but missed all of them!
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