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Jockey suffered stroke mid-race and went blind in one eye after horror fall

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READ MORE: Horse racing uproar as jockey 'elbows' rival off their horse risking serious injuriesShe has now opened up about the ordeal from hospital in Swindon, telling the Racing Post: "I jumped off feeling absolutely fine, but then felt a bit funny and couldn't really see anything on my right side."I was down the inside and couldn't see any of the horses to my right.

I looked round and could see them with my left eye, but not my right eye."Coming into the fence, my vision went right down and I could only just see it, but, luckily, the horse was a bit of a life-saver and got me over.

When I went to pull him up, I realised my right arm was weak and in spasm with pins and needles."Fuller has been for an MRI scan since the incident and added: "Hopefully there's no significant brain damage, but you only know that when you try to start doing stuff."She hopes to be allowed to leave hospital this week in order to continue her rehabilitation at Oaksey House in Lambourn, Berkshire."I feel confident I haven't had any significant effects in terms of dexterity," admitted the jockey. "So hopefully I can get back to normal, but you can never take that for granted."Fuller has won just under £750,000 in prize money across the last five seasons, with her two best wins coming for trainer Jamie Snowden.She claimed a £13,000 victory on Anythingforlove in last year's Grade 2 Jane Seymour Mares' Novice hurdle.

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