One of New Zealand's top horse trainers has pleaded guilty after being prosecuted by WorkSafe after a young female jockey was left a quadriplegic.
Stephen McKee pleaded guilty to one charge of exposing an individual to risk of serious harm or death.
He will be sentenced in the Auckland District Court in February.
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In November 2016, jockey Sophia Malthus was left a quadriplegic after the then 19-year-old came off her horse at a stable near Ardmore in Auckland
The horse was spooked during a practice session and Malthus, now 21, was flung into a fence.
She was in intensive care for the following six days and spent a further 12 weeks in a spinal unit and nine months in a residential rehab.
Malthus has been left with almost no sensation or motor skills from the collarbone down.