JT McNamara: The minute I got to Southport I began to thrive

It was quite literally a life-changing moment.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2015 - 00:00

Darren Norris

Just shy of two years ago the sky fell in on John Thomas McNamara’s world after the popular jockey was left paralysed following a fall from Galaxy Rock in the Kim Muir Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham Festival.

Nothing would ever be the same again.

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