One month after his serious fall at Warrnambool , apprentice jockey Tom Prebble still has no feeling or sensation below the T4 level of his spine.

It is a devastating update for the 23-year-old, the son of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Brett Prebble and Maree Payne (of the famous Payne family).

The Victorian Jockeys Association issued a statement on Tom on Thursday, revealing there had been “no change” or improvement in his condition since he suffered the spinal cord injury on September 9.

“Speaking with Tom, he has advised that four weeks on from his fall, he has no feeling or sensation below the T4 level of his spine,” VJA chief Matt Hyland said.

Prebble has, however, been transferred from the Austin Hospital’s spinal care unit to the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre in Kew, where

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