Jockey Bradburne on road to recovery

Mark Bradburne is reported to be making good progress following his horrific fall at Kelso earlier this month.

The jump jockey damaged one of the vertebrae in his spine when unseated from Soldiers Tree, trained by his mother Sue, in the Third Time Lucky Novices' Hurdle on April 11.

Although he remains in hospital in Glasgow, his family hope it will not be too long before he is allowed home.

"It's unbelievable how kind everybody has been. People have been to see him, texted him and e-mailed him. It's been absolutely brilliant," said his mother.

"He's done his T9. He's burst the front bit which is good because it goes away from the spine as opposed to towards it, so they don't have to operate.

"He's been on his back since it happened but they actually got him sat up this morning as they shoved his brace up which wasn't very comfortable.

"They are hoping he might be able to get his feet down and maybe stand him up.

"If all that goes well, then hopefully he might be able to go home.

"He's still at Glasgow and they couldn't be looking after him better. It's a really good set up.

"It's stupid how it happened. The horse jumped the hurdle perfectly but it just clipped the heels of the one in front and had his feet taken away. It was one of those freak things.

"I've no idea how long he'll be out for, you can't tell," she told At The Races.