Desperate throw of the dice comes off for triumphant Aintree jockey, one month after he sustained broken wrist and collarbone
Alongside the efforts by all of those connected with One For Arthur, a portion of this Grand National victory belongs to Jack Berry House, a £3m rehabilitation facility set up by the Injured Jockeys Fund that will shortly mark the second anniversary of its opening. If that money had never been found, Derek Fox would not have recovered in time to deliver one of the coolest winning rides in the long history of this famous race, having broken a wrist and a collarbone a month ago.
Sending Fox to live there at Malton in North Yorkshire was rather a desperate throw of the dice after the tumble he took at Carlisle on 9 March. While brave statements were made in public, private doubt prevailed.
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