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amazing this kid has been granted his license back..he died and they brought him back, he was told he may never walk again..he had surgery on the brain?,what willpower this kid must have I truly hope he is successful ,but its going to be hard for the lad,whatever happens its amazing he is were he is
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Brave lad alright Tony, but in the nicest possible way I think he is a fool. His is a stupid risk for a jock with a retainer like Moore or Walsh not to mind Twomey.
A jockey who was told he died for six seconds in a life-threatening fall is returning to professional horse racing.
Brian Toomey, 26, suffered severe head injuries in 2013 when his horse fell at Perth racecourse.
He had been given just a 3% chance of survival and spent 157 nights in hospital but, almost two years after the accident, he has been relicensed.
"The main thing that has kept me going was a desire to be a jockey again," said Toomey.
Toomey's timeline to recovery
4 July 2013
Brian Toomey suffers a heavy fall during a race at Perth racecourse and is taken to hospital with a life-threatening head injury.
8 July 2013
Toomey is put into an induced coma in hospital after surgery to reduce swelling on his brain.
22 July 2013
He comes out of the coma and can move his arms and legs.
August 2013
Toomey moves hospitals as his condition improves.
November 2013
He is no longer in hospital and recovering at home.
8 June 2015
After being passed medically fit to ride again, Toomey is relicensed as a professional jockey.
"I know there will be people who will say I'm mad to want to come back but it's been my dream since I was a boy to be a jockey.
"It's a job and life I love, and I was absolutely determined that, if I couldn't make it back, it wouldn't be through a lack of effort on my part." Good luck Brian
Brian Toomey, 26, suffered severe head injuries in 2013 when his horse fell at Perth racecourse.
He had been given just a 3% chance of survival and spent 157 nights in hospital but, almost two years after the accident, he has been relicensed.
"The main thing that has kept me going was a desire to be a jockey again," said Toomey.
Toomey's timeline to recovery
4 July 2013
Brian Toomey suffers a heavy fall during a race at Perth racecourse and is taken to hospital with a life-threatening head injury.
8 July 2013
Toomey is put into an induced coma in hospital after surgery to reduce swelling on his brain.
22 July 2013
He comes out of the coma and can move his arms and legs.
August 2013
Toomey moves hospitals as his condition improves.
November 2013
He is no longer in hospital and recovering at home.
8 June 2015
After being passed medically fit to ride again, Toomey is relicensed as a professional jockey.
"I know there will be people who will say I'm mad to want to come back but it's been my dream since I was a boy to be a jockey.
"It's a job and life I love, and I was absolutely determined that, if I couldn't make it back, it wouldn't be through a lack of effort on my part." Good luck Brian
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