‘Recovery will be long but I’m feeling optimistic’: young eventer fractures pelvis in cross-country fall
Imo Brook pictured on San Solo in the CCI4*-S at Bramham in 2022
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)
A young eventer has said she is feeling “optimistic” as she recovers from a fractured pelvis sustained in a fall at Bramham Horse Trials (6-11 June).
Imo Brook, 23, was competing in the under-25 CCI4*-L section on her parents’ 14-year-old gelding San Solo, when they had a fall across country.
Imo said it was “not how we wanted to end the week”.
“Most importantly I will be fine and Solo is happily munching grass in his field at home. I am lucky to have come away with just a fractured pelvis and after an operation and physio I’ll be right as rain,” she said.
Imo, who is in hospital in Leeds, told H&H Solo is being looked after by her mother Emma, and her groom Emma Maisey.
“He is out in the field looking well and Emma will keep ticking him along while Mum is keeping me company in Leeds,” she said.
Imo added that she cannot believe the amount of “kind messages and love” she has received since the fall.
“The biggest thank yous go to the emergency team at Bramham, who were so efficient and looked after me and Mum so well, Leeds general infirmary hospital who are exceptional with all their specialists, Ellie Ford and Francesca Swallow for looking after Solo while I was taken to hospital, and EJM Equestrian for looking after the horses at home,” she said.
“But the most enormous thank you goes to my parents; Dad who owns and loves the horses and my amazing mother, who took Solo back home and then came back to keep me company until I am allowed home.
“They say in this sport you need a great support team and this weekend has just proved it. I could not do it without every single one of you.”
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