Rider Hawkins 'stable' after fall

2011-04-13 13:53:38

Amateur jockey Richard Hawkins is continuing to make good progress after his fall at Taunton on 12 April.

The rider was knocked out when parting company with Tiger Dream in a selling handicap hurdle at the Somerset track.

The 21-year-old has been treated at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital and is reported to be "making great progress".

A statement from the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) said: "He is now fully conscious and is able to speak briefly to his family on a daily basis."

Hawkins, who is from Exmoor and is the brother of conditional jockey Giles, had been in intensive care and began breathing without the use of a ventilator 48 hours after his fall.

He was having his 38th ride when he was injured, with his only win being at Exeter in May 2010.

A total of £3,500 was raised for the IJF at the Hawkins family's local point-to-point at Holnicote on Saturday.

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