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FAMILY, friends and colleagues will gather to celebrate the life of jockey Lorna Brooke later this month. A celebration of Lorna’s life will be held at Ludlow Racecourse during and immediately after racing on Monday, May 24. Amateur jockey Lorna, 37, was riding Orchestrated for her mother, Lady Susan Brooke, who is based in Dolau, near Llandrindod Wells, when she fell at the third fence in the Pontispool Equine Sports Centre Handicap Chase in Taunton on April 8. Racing was delayed by more than hour as she was treated on track, before being transferred into an air ambulance. Lorna was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for observation and tests on a suspected spinal injury. After complications she was placed in an induced coma the following day. She died 10 days later on April 19.
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Lorna Brooke has died following a heavy fall at Taunton this month, the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) has announced in a statement.
The amateur jockey was treated on track and airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol on April 8 after falling from Orchestrated, trained by her mother Lady Susan Brooke, in the 2m7f handicap chase.
The 37-year-old was taken into intensive care where she underwent observations and tests for a suspected spinal injury, but due to complications she was placed in an induced coma on Friday.
A statement from the IJF was released on Monday morning, which read: It is with deep sadness that we have to share the tragic news that Lorna Brooke passed away yesterday.
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, but stable condition” in intensive care at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, and had been placed in an induced coma due to “various complications” during the week.
The day Lorna Brooke left Rachael Blackmore and other star names trailing
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Lorna Brooke s 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. Moonlone Lane then won next time out at Musselburgh under Brooke. When she got the fall people were very concerned, we were too and we were saying prayers, but unfortunately this has happened.