David Mullins: 'I gave my leg a little kick, just to make sure I could feel it'
Brian Sheerin finds out about the jockey's recuperation after his shocking fall
As the racing world waited with bated breath, David Mullins lay stricken on the floor gasping for oxygen.
"When I hit the ground I knew there was something wrong," he recalls. "I could feel the horse kicking me and he was half on top of me as well. I was badly winded – that's what happens when you break a vertebra – and I was just waiting for him to get up.
"I rolled over a small bit to try to get away from the horse, and when I did that I gave my leg a little kick, just to make sure I could feel it, and I could. After that, all I wanted was painkillers."
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