Winner Of The General Outstanding Sports Book Of The Year Awardshortlisted For The William Hill Sports Book Of The Year 2017coping With Your Own Death, When You Are Not Yet Dead, Is A Strange Thing.a Natural On A Horse Since He Was Able To Walk, And Imbued With A Pure Love Of Riding, Declan Murphy Became One Of The Most Brilliant Jockeys Of His Generation Before His World Came Crashing Down At The Final Hurdle Of A Race At Haydock Park. His Skull Shattered In Twelve Places, He Was Believed To Be Dead, The Last Rites Were Read And The Racing Post Prepared His Obituary. Miraculously, And The Word Is Not Used Lightly, He Survived And Defied Medical Thinking In Recovering To The Extent That Eighteen Months After His Fall, He Was Able To Saddle Up For One More Race.