Top young rider who broke back in rotational fall returns to eventing success

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Phoebe Locke riding PICA D'OR in OI Section J during the Oasby (1) horse trials at Foxdale in Oasby near Grantham in Lincolnshire in the UK, on the 11th March 2022
Phoebe Locke riding PICA D'OR in OI Section J during the Oasby (1) horse trials at Foxdale in Oasby near Grantham in Lincolnshire in the UK, on the 11th March 2022
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Things were looking bright and promising for young event rider Phoebe Locke in the first half of 2021. She had just moved out of her parents’ Somerset yard and had set up on her own in Gloucestershire, she had 11 horses in her string and she was going it alone to make a business out of eventing.

Then disaster struck when she suffered a rotational fall on 18 June in the open intermediate at Nunney International Horse Trials with Union Fortunus.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.