Eventers donate unused start fees to Claire Lomas
Horse trials are being abandoned all over the country this weekend as the wet weather does its worst.
But it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good, as they say, and eventers’ bad luck may prove of assistance to paralysed eventer Claire Lomas, who has been walking the 26-mile London Marathon course since Sunday in a robotic suit.
Riders, including Francis Whittington, Lucinda Green and Laura Collett, are urging their friends to donate their unused start fees from this weekend’s cancelled competitions to Claire’s appeal.
And others will use the unexpected free time to walk a couple of miles with Claire.
Claire hopes to raise more than £50,000 for Spinal Research with her walk and so far has reached £34,671.90.
- To sponsor Claire go to www. justgiving.com/Claire-Lomas or text LEGS60 £(the amount) to 70070.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.