Female jockey who was brutally thrown from her horse mid-race shares a heartwarming photo snuggling up with a pony from her wheelchair after waking up from coma
- Young female jockey Leah Kilner shared photos with a horse following accident
- On July 3, Kilner was thrown from her horse during a race in Grafton, NSW
- She was left in a coma with horror head and spinal injuries and is still recovering
- The post on Wednesday showed her petting a brown horse from her wheelchair
A young female jockey who was left on life support after a horrific racing accident has shared a heartwarming photo petting a horse form her wheelchair.
Leah Kilner, 24, shared the Instagram post on Wednesday after being thrown from her horse, Stella Turn, in a confronting fall in Grafton, NSW, on July 3.
Footage of the devastating incident shows the rider being launched from her stumbling horse about 75m from the finish line before being trampled.
Young jockey Leah Kilner (above) shared a heartwarming photo of herself petting a horse on Wednesday following her horrific race fall in July
Kilner captioned her new post: ‘Ponies are the best medicine’ as she continues her slow recovery from the fall.
Her loyal followers rallied around the positive post and congratulated her for making it out of hospital.
‘Such a special moment, I’m so happy you are out of hospital Leah,’ one person wrote.
‘Absolutely they are, so glad you’re on the mend,’ another said.
‘Great to see you Leah, best wishes for your recovery,’ a third wrote.
Kilner was left in a coma with serious spinal and head injuries as well as a broken collar bone and broken ribs following her nightmare fall.
Kilner’s photos (above) show her petting the horse from her wheelchair following her tragic racing accident in July
Kilner was thrown from her horse, Stella Turn, during a race in Grafton in an accident that left her in a coma (pictured right, Stella Turn stumbling during the race as Kilner falls)
During her treatment she underwent surgery at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital to ‘release the pressure on her brain’ and was reliant on machinery to stay alive.
Her horse, Stella Turn, was euthanised following the accident.
However, her father Gary said her continued love for horses was evident as soon as she woke from her coma.
‘It is unbelievable how she has come through, it’s really a miracle, if you had seen her in the first couple of days it was just heartbreaking,’ he told News Corp.
Kilner is regarded as one of Australia’s biggest rising jockey stars, riding more than 200 winners during her short career.
Kilner (above) is regarded as one of Australia’s best up-and-coming jockey stars, riding more than 200 winners during her short career
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