Brilliant news as jockey JT McNamara returns home to Ireland 15 months after falling at Cheltenham

McNamara is now deemed well enough to go back home to Limerick...

JT McNamara has been allowed return home to Ireland 15 months after suffering a serious injury at the Cheltenham Festival in 2013, he was was riding Galaxy Rock when he fell at the first fence and was immediately taken to hospital. McNamara was then moved to a specialist spinal treatment ward at Southport where he's gone through extensive rehabilitation, and doctors have now given him the green light to return to Limerick to continue his recovery. The Irish Turf Club have released a statement today on behalf of TJ and his wife Caroline: "We are delighted to announce the return home of JT McNamara some 15 months after his life-changing injury in a fall at Cheltenham in March 2013. "JT and Caroline wish to thank the doctors, nurses and all the staff at North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre in Southport, Merseyside in the UK for their excellent care, support and treatment during JT's time in the hospital. "We would also like to thank most sincerely the Turf Club, especially Denis Egan and Dr Adrian McGoldrick. "Without the help of the Turf Club, Miriam Wiltshire and the staff of the North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, it would not have been possible for JT to return home. We are truly thankful to all the visitors who came to see JT while in hospital, for all the cards, well wishes and the continued support from everybody. "It has been so overwhelming and again a sincere thank you to all from the both of us." All of us here at JOE want to wish JT all the best in his recovery.