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The wretched luck suffered by P A Farrell when falling at The Chair from Border Flight during the 1964 Grand National was the catalyst of the Injured Jockeys' Fund.
33-year-old Farrell was paralysed from the waist down, the result of a broken back, and the injury to the father of four children was even more serious than the fall at the Liverpool December meeting which confined Tim Brookshaw to a wheelchair.
A joint fund for the two stricken jockeys was set up by Mr C Nicholson (racehorse & stud owner in Lincoln), Wing Commander Peter Vaux, a former senior steward of the National Hunt Committee and Mr Edward Courage, the owner of Border Flight.
That Easter, collections were made at every National Hunt meeting. Amateur rider John Lawrence (later Lord Oaksey) also became involved in sponsoring the fund.
The first gift came from Messrs. Topham, owners of Aintree racecourse, who gave £1,000. The three American owners of Team Spirit, the horse that had won that year's National, gave £100 each.
Paddy Farrell was born at Grange Con, Wicklow, on July 20, 1930, and served his apprenticeship with Paddy Sleator. He won his first race at Roscommon in 1949.
He won several big races at Aintree, including the Topham Trophy and the Becher Steeplechase.
He also rode the winners of the Emblem Steeplechase, the Victory Hurdle at Manchester and the Queen Elizabeth Steeplechase.
Between 1953 & 1962, P A Farrell guided home 276 winners.
Paddy died on November 20. 1999 aged 69.
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