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AMATEUR rider Lorna Brooke died in hospital on Sunday following a fall at Taunton earlier this month, the Injured Jockeys Fund (IFJ) has announced. Brooke was riding Orchestrated for her mother, Lady Susan Brooke, when falling at the third fence in the Pontispool Equine Sports Centre Handicap Chase on April 8. Racing was delayed by more than hour as she was treated on track, before being transferred into an air ambulance. A statement issued by the IJF on Friday said Brooke was in a “critical,...

The day Lorna Brooke left Rachael Blackmore and other star names trailing Mon 19 Apr 2021 Lorna Brookes proudest day in the saddle came when she enjoyed a high-profile success when winning the inaugural Ladies Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse on Moonlone Lane for Paul Stafford in 2015. A 25-1 chance, Moonlone Lane had gone winless in a 26-race career up to that point, but Brooke guided him home in front, with Katie Walsh, Lizzie Kelly, Rachael Blackmore and Nina Carberry all trailing in her wake. M...

An amateur rider who trained near Llandrindod Wells died in hospital on Sunday following a fall at Taunton earlier this month. Lorna Brooke was riding Orchestrated for her mother, Lady Susan Brooke, who is based in Dolau, when falling at the third fence in the Pontispool Equine Sports Centre Handicap Chase on April 8. Racing was delayed by more than hour as she was treated on track, before being transferred into an air ambulance. Dolau village residents have been paid to the 37-year-o...

Link to Share Tributes have been paid to amateur jockey Lorna Brooke who died on Sunday aged 37 following a heavy fall at Taunton earlier this month. Brooke was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol on April 8 after falling from Orchestrated, trained by her mother Lady Susan Brooke, and was taken into intensive care with a suspected spinal injury, but due to complications she was placed in an induced coma on Friday. News of her death was announced in a statement by the Injured Jockeys Fund...