A young female jockey who was left without feeling below her collarbone after falling from a racehorse is determined not to live her life out in a wheelchair. Sophia Malthus, 19, came off her horse on November 29, 2015 at a stable near Ardmore in Auckland when the powerful animal 'bolted' during a practice session. The young woman, who was left a quadriplegic, knew something wasn't right as soon as she hit the ground, Fairfax reported. "(I) was already telling myself I was a paraplegic," Malthus told Fairfax. - This story appeared in the Daily Mail- Daily Mail

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2017 08:45 UTC