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In the weeks after a catastrophic training accident cost Bryce Bourdieu his left leg, the then-19-year-old was focused on just one thing.
"I don't really care if I can't walk," he told the Paulick Report in 2022. "I just want to ride racehorses."
Four years later, he's done exactly that.
According to a feature published this week by America's Best Racing, Bourdieu is back galloping racehorses each morning at Albuquerque Downs, where he works as an assistant trainer for Andres Gonzalez. Wearing a prosthetic left leg, the now-23-year-old also helps saddle horses and has adapted his riding style to accommodate the injury.
Bourdieu's journey back to the saddle followed an Aug. 11, 2022, training accident in Texas. A horse flipped over during morning training, leaving him with severe spinal injuries and extensive damage to his left leg. After 13 surgeries failed to save the limb, doctors performed a below-the-knee amputation.
Now back aboard horses each morning, Bourdieu has his sights set on the next chapter. According to America's Best Racing, he hopes to become a racehorse trainer — a goal that once seemed impossible as he fought simply to get back in the saddle.
Read the full feature at America's Best Racing.
