Amateur jockey Lorna Brooke who died aged 37 to have Cheltenham race run in her honour Mirror 5 hrs ago
Cheltenham will honour the late Lorna Brooke at tomorrow’s Hunter Chase meeting.
The much-loved amateur rider died aged 37 on April 19 as a result of a spinal injury sustained in a fall at Taunton earlier in the month.
Brooke was airlifted to hospital after the incident involving a horse named Orchestrated, owned and trained by her mother Lady Susan Brooke.
The penultimate contest on Friday s seven-race card at 7.45pm has been named the Lorna Brooke Open Hunters’ Chase.
One trainer with a runner is Philip Rowley, who saddles Optimised, runner-up in 2019.
CHELTENHAM will honour the late Lorna Brooke at tomorrow’s Race Night featuring Hunter Chase Racing, with the penultimate race on the seven-race card at 7.45pm to be run as the Lorna Brooke Open Hunters’ Chase. Lorna tragically passed away aged 37 on April 19 as the result of a spinal injury sustained at Taunton Racecourse on April 8, when she fell from her mount Orchestrated, owned and trained by her mother Lady Susan Brooke. One trainer with a runner in the Lorna Brooke Open Hunters’ Chase, which is staged over an extended four miles, is Philip Rowley who saddles Optimised, the runner-up in 2019.
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