Prime showjumper can return to UK to proceed restoration after dangerous fall

Trevor Breen won’t should endure one other operation, and can be capable to come dwelling to the UK subsequent week, his household has introduced.

The Breens gave an official replace on the situation of the Irish showjumper, who sustained three fractures of his decrease neck and again in a fall in the course of the Hamburg grand prix final weekend (11 Might).

Trevor and his household home-bred European Championships journey Highland President had a nasty fall at an oxer within the CSI5* class. H&H reported on Monday that Trevor had had an operation to stabilise the worst fracture and that he would want additional surgical procedure.

However at the moment, his household mentioned: “After assembly along with his group of surgeons in Hamburg, all seven docs unanimously agreed that the following surgical procedure was pointless for his therapeutic course of.

“Trevor can return dwelling to England early subsequent week and begin rehab. As quickly as his fractures totally heal, he can get again within the saddle, which we hope will likely be inside three months.

“For now, Trevor has his neck brace off, and he’s strolling across the hospital by himself—a lot in order that [his wife] Caroline retains having to search out the place he’s.”

Caroline instructed H&H on Monday that Trevor was put in an induced coma after the autumn, and was then transferred to a high spinal surgical procedure unit in Hamburg. Docs initially mentioned he could not be capable to journey or stroll once more, however his prognosis is now a lot brighter.

“It’s an extended highway forward and now we have an extended approach to go, but when every little thing continues to go because it’s going now, it’s a tremendous prognosis,” Caroline mentioned on the time.

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Eleanor is an skilled journalist who spent over eight years working for native and nationwide newspapers earlier than becoming a member of H&H as information editor in March 2016. Obsessed with equine welfare and exposing the reality, Eleanor has reported on all facets of the business, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns, and from dressage guidelines to mules. Her sport of selection is showjumping, through which she competes her personal horses, and she or he additionally enjoys reporting at native leaping reveals by way of to worldwide championships.