Ginny Elliot recovering after hunting fall with the Heythrop

Ginny Elliot is recovering from a fall in which she fractured

two vertebrae.

The former world and European eventing champion – who trains the Irish squad – was injured while out with the Heythrop on 28 December.

Ginny’s husband, Heythrop chairman Mikey Elliot, told H&H that her horse caught its feet in a hole, “catapulting” her into the ground.

“She is much better, though not riding yet because she is wearing a neck brace,” he said.

This news story was first published in the current issue of H&H (26 January 2012)

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