Horror crash: Faith Cook and her horse Nagor De La Roche spectacularly fall at the Bramham Horse Trials at the weekend

By Claire Ellicott
15th June 2009

For rider Faith Cook it was a heart-stopping moment.

Her horse Nagor de la Roche didn't look too pleased either.

The animal, who appears in this spectacular picture to have achieved the perfect nose-stand, came out of it slightly the better of the two, escaping with bruising.

Miss Cook, from Oxfordshire, was taken to hospital with neck and back injuries.

She was competing in the under-25 section of the Bramham International Horse Trials at Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, when Nagor de la Roche mistimed his approach to a fence and went flying.

A spokesman at Leeds General Infirmary said it was too early to say whether Miss Cook would make a full recovery.








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