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May 8, 2022 · Michael Walker has penciled in his return to the saddle, ironically 364 days after his horrific fall at the very same track. A re-energised Walker, 38, will make his comeback at Pakenham next Thursday night after rupturing his ACL and requiring a full knee reconstruction.
Jun 1, 2021 · Walker: 'I'll be back better than ever'. Fewer than three weeks after suffering a horrific leg injury in a race fall, jockey Michael Walker says he's counting his blessings and already planning his comeback to the saddle. The injury was so bad that the Group 1-winning rider almost had his leg amputated and required three surgeries in five days ...
Ten days before Christmas 2020 jockey Michael Walker went to Moe especially to ride a two-year-old colt in a jumpout for Cindy Alderson. Walker had barely ridden for the stable before but unbeknown to him and Alderson the eight-length romp on the horse Jigsaw would be the start of a valued friendship.
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Dec 25, 2022 · Ten days before Christmas 2020 jockey Michael Walker went to Moe especially to ride a two-year-old colt in a jumpout for Cindy Alderson. ... but the comeback lasted only three months.
- Gilbert Gardiner
Aug 4, 2021 · “I’m looking forward to it, I’m mainly looking forward to it because I really want to get into the rehab to make a comeback to riding.” Doctors have performed multiple surgeries on Walker’s leg, which had to be cut open and left gaping for several days to relieve the pressure with doctors initially fearing that the star jockey might lose his leg as a result.
The 39-year-old’s injury-cursed career is over after a horror fall in 2022. Twenty-five time Group 1 winner Michael Walker has retired following an injury-cursed career, footnoted by brain trauma that happened after a horror fall at the Pakenham jumpouts in 2022. Despite having undertaken rehab ever since, the father-of-four has admitted he ...
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May 17, 2022 · Walker pulls up well in riding return. It may have been a low-key return to the saddle, but multiple group one winning jockey Michael Walker is happy to be back race riding after a yearlong lay off. The New Zealander made his comeback at Pakenham last Thursday night and then was back in the winner’s stall on Jigsaw at Cranbourne on Friday night.
