Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Declan Murphy: The Jockey who Came Back from the Dead
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January 6, 2018
9 minutes
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In 1994, the Irish jockey, Declan Murphy, was reported as dead in the racing press after sustaining severe brain damage in a fall at Haydock Park. Murphy later woke from his coma, although he had lost all memory of the previous four years of his life and his personality had changed. The Irish jockey learnt to walk and then ride again, making an emotional return to the sport 18 months later. Declan Murphy talks to Simon Watts.
(Photo: Declan Murphy)