British rider Sam Ecroyd is in hospital with multiple injuries following a rotational fall. Sam, 21, was riding the nine-year-old gelding Langford Take The Biscuit in an open novice section at Kelsall Hill on Sunday (25 April) when they fell on the cross-country. He was airlifted to Aintree University Hospital with multiple fractures to his face and skull, and bleeding on the brain. Sam, who has competed up to CCI5* and has won multiple international fixtures as well as medals at youth Europeans, thanked everyone for their support. “Just now is the first time I have managed to sum up any strength to put anything on to paper,” he said on Tuesday (28 April) evening.