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Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey broke neck in fall - and didn't realise for two weeks

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Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Bridget Andrews suffered a broken neck after walking away from a heavy fall at Warwick's final fence on April 21.Andrews had been one of the favourites heading into the meet when riding Dazzling Glory, but she fell at the final hurdle.

Despite the scary-looking fall, Andrews walked away from the fall, and continued her day-to-day life.However, after feeling some discomfort in her neck, Andrews decided to head to the hospital to check it out.

And to the jockey's shock, she discovered fractures in her C2 and C6 vertebra, as well as a crack in her T5."Initially, I got up and thought I was okay.

And then I hadn't really got better in the few days afterwards and went for an MRI scan on my back and my neck," she said, via the Racing Post."Nothing really showed up.

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