Amateur jockey airlifted to hospital after five-horse pile-up at Sedgefield
Reigning ladies amateur National Hunt champion Lucy Horner was airlifted to hospital yesterday (8 September) following a five-horse pile-up in the second race at Sedgefield.
The amateur rider, who used to be an officer in the Royal Irish Regiment, suffered facial injuries after falling from 13-8 favourite Ravati.
Racing was delayed by 35 minutes while Miss Horner was treated on the course and then airlifted to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough.
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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.