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‘Horseracing accident left me paralysed, but wheelchair basketball’s changed my life…’

Published: March 15, 2018 | Spinal Cord Injury: Complete, T-4, T-5

TEN years after a devastating horse racing injury left a him paralysed from the chest down, former jockey Wayne Burton revealed how discovering wheelchair basketball has transformed his life.

Mr Burton was just 24 when he was involved in a horse jumping accident at Exeter racecourse in 2008.

Having left Pewsey Vale School in 1999 to begin a career in the horse racing industry, Mr Burton was left reeling when he was told that he would never walk again.

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‘Horseracing accident left me paralysed, but wheelchair basketball’s changed my life…’