Support injured riders with Horse & Hound's 2017 calendar
The 2017 H&H calendar is now on sale and is being sold to raise funds for the Injured Jockeys Fund
Injured Jockeys Fund
The Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) was founded in 1964, and has since helped over 1000 jockeys who have been forced to give up racing due the injuries they have suffered from. In 2016, it was Horse & Hound‘s charity of the year.
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Jockey returns to racing weeks after he was placed in a coma
Henry Brooke and Sam Twiston-Davies both made a return to the race track yesterday (Wednesday) after being sidelined due to injury
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'We do all we can': Video raises £50,000
'You're only a step away from a serious accident'
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How the IJF got one amateur jockey back in the saddle: 'I pegged the floor, head first'
To celebrate the Injured Jockeys Fund being Horse & Hound's charity of the year for 2016, we meet some of the equestrians who have benefitted from its help
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From jockey to wheelchair tennis star: 'I knew I couldn't feel my legs'
With 50 point-to-point winners and 14 under Rules to her name, Sarah Gaisford was beginning to think about starting a new career when a fall at Exeter Racecourse left her paralysed from the chest down. She tells H&H how the Injured Jockeys Fund has helped her on the road to recovery
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Jockey Paul Moloney: 'There's never a good time to have an accident'
The jockey talks to H&H about how the Injured Jockeys Fund's Oaksey House got him on the road to recovery following an accident
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Join equestrian stars in #jocksinsocks campaign
AP McCoy and Clare Balding are among the famous names to get involved with the #jocksinsocks campaign so far
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Jockey out of induced coma after fall
The jockey tweeted he is "on the mend" after waking from a coma
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Why your horse should be wearing socks this season
Or your dog... or why not put the socks on your head or hands?
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Revealed: name and first images of new injured jockeys' centre
The new Injured Jockeys Fund centre is set to open at the British Racing School in Newmarket in 2018
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Coach to take on gruelling Ironman Wales in aid of paralysed jockey
The competition comprises a 2.5-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a full marathon over the Welsh hills
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Jockeys to go head to head over showjumps at Olympia
Jump and flat riders are to take on a showjumping relay challenge
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'Miracle' comeback jockey to retire from racing
The rider will race for the last time next Tuesday, having come back from life-threatening injuries
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Jockeys and trainers raise cash on the course
Former and current riders were among those who raised some £4,000 for the IJF
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'I couldn't even put my own socks on': jockey in horror fall credits IJF to speedy winning comeback
Flat jockey Connor Beasley was picked by Channel 4 Racing's Mick Fitzgerald as "the brightest young jockey in the country" in 2013. But a horror fall in 2015 left him with a serious head injury and a long road of rehabilitation ahead
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11-year-old tackles 50-mile ride for IJF
Scarlett Vaux rode her pony Sanjay from Taunton racecourse to Exeter racecourse
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How the IJF helped a former jockey and trainer who needed 14 operations to rebuild his skull
Former jump jockey and trainer Chris Kinane's skull was smashed when a racehorse's hind hooves caught him on the right hand side of his head. H&H finds out how the Injured Jockeys Fund helps to make his life easier following the accident
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Eventer recovers from coma: 'I certainly don’t remember being on a horse that day'
A rotational fall at the start of the 2015 season left eventer Sophie McCormack in an induced coma for a week. She tells Agnes Stamp how the Injured Jockeys Fund's Oaksey House has helped her on the road to recovery
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Para dressage rider Edward Chanin: 'Getting back on a horse was the best therapy ever'
To celebrate the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) being Horse & Hound's charity for 2016, we meet some of the equestrians who have benefitted from its help
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Injured Jockeys Fund look to build state-of-the-art centre in Newmarket
Discussions have started over plans to build a new rehabilitation centre at the headquarters of British horse racing
