Toomey continues to progress

Brian Toomey “continues to show positive signs of recovery” from serious head injuries he suffered in a fall at Perth on July 4.

Toomey continues to progress
Thu, 15 Aug, 2013 - 01:00

The young rider was hurt when the Lisa Harrison-trained Solway Dandy fell heavily three out in the Book Now For 2014 Perth Festival Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle.

His progress is such that he was transferred at the weekend from Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, where he underwent an operation to reduce swelling on his brain a few days after his fall, to the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.

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CourtsRacingPlace: PerthPlace: DundeePlace: MiddlesbroughPlace: North YorkshirePlace: YorkPlace: Glorious GoodwoodPlace: SalisburyPlace: GoodwoodPlace: RipostePlace: IrelandPlace: Royal AscotPlace: Racecourse SidePlace: NewmarketPerson: ToomeyPerson: Brian ToomeyPerson: Lisa HarrisonPerson: Lisa HancockPerson: CEOPerson: Brian HughesPerson: BrianPerson: Kevin RyanPerson: AmyPerson: Richard HannonPerson: Al KazeemPerson: Richard HughesPerson: ApproachPerson: HannonPerson: HughesiePerson: John GosdenPerson: Cap O’RushesPerson: Teddy GrimthorpePerson: Khalid AbdullahPerson: Lady CecilPerson: ChicquitaPerson: RipostePerson: Wild CocoEvent: 2014 Perth Festival Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap HurdleEvent: DerbyEvent: Sussex StakesEvent: Neptune Investment Management Great Voltigeur StakesEvent: Gordon StakesEvent: Gala StakesEvent: Great Voltigeur StakesEvent: Darley Yorkshire OaksEvent: Ribblesdale StakesEvent: Irish OaksOrganisation: James Cook University HospitalOrganisation: Injured Jockeys FundOrganisation: ToronadoOrganisation: Juddmonte International
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