“I had a 3% chance of survival on the day of the accident. My family were told I wouldn’t get through the next 24 hours,” Toomey (pictured above and right) told H&H.
“It’s been a long haul. My surgeon told me one in 60 people come out of this injury alive.”
The jockey started riding out again two months ago at trainer Brian Ellison’s Malton yard and is now waiting for one last report from his neurologist.
“I have researched loads of professional sportsmen and women who’ve come back after a similar injury,” added Brian.
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But he admitted: “There are no guarantees I will get my licence back.”
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