Promising young British event rider withdraws from Burghley after undergoing surgery

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Bubby Upton injured: the rider is pictured at Bramham 2023
Bubby Upton riding Magic Roundabout IV at Bramham 2023.
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Promising young British event rider Bubby Upton has been injured in a fall and had surgery on her spine.

“Five days ago I sadly had an accident riding on the flat, leading to a complete burst fracture of [vertebra] L3 and a horizontal fracture of L2, which required six hours of surgery to stabilise the spine, decompress the vertebrae and fuse L3. I simply cannot thank my surgeon and the whole NHS team enough for working absolute wonders,” said Bubby yesterday (23 August).

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.