Lorna Brooke: Amateur jockey dies in hospital after Taunton fall
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Brooke was treated on track before being airlifted to hospital
Amateur rider Lorna Brooke has died in hospital following a fall at Taunton earlier this month.
Brooke was riding Orchestrated for her mother, Lady Susan Brooke, when the horse fell at the third fence in a handicap chase on 8 April.
The 37-year-old was taken to intensive care at Southmead Hospital in Bristol for observation and tests on a suspected spinal injury.
After complications she was placed in an induced coma on Friday.
A statement from the Injured Jockeys Fund on Monday confirmed she had died.