As Chris Dell emerged from a coma, he yelled the entire song Anaconda, by Nicki Minaj, to his two best friends from his bed at Auckland Hospital.
The Waiau Pa apprentice jockey has no recollection of it now, but, it was a positive sign for his friends and family, who had originally feared the worst for the 22-year
"When I was in the high dependency ward I yelled my favourite song to my two best friends and I got told to be quiet, so the next day I whispered it, word for word."
He does not remember doing the solo, which was a rendition of Anaconda by Nicki Minaj, although it is not likely something his friends will let him forget.
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