€550,000 raised for two injured jockeys

Over €550,000 has been raised for two injured Irish jockeys both left paralysed after falls within weeks of each other.

€550,000 raised for two injured jockeys
Tue, 15 Oct, 2013 - 01:00

Some of the top names in horse racing took part in the star-studded fundraiser at Greenmount Racecourse in Limerick in aid of John Thomas McNamara and Jonjo Bright.

Limerick man JT McNamara, aged 38, suffered vertebra fractures in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival in March which resulted in paralysis from the neck down.

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