Amateur jockey Alice Procter, 21, in intensive care following fall

An amateur rider is in intensive care with a back injury after being flown by air ambulance to Preston Hospital following a fall at Cartmel on Saturday.

Alice Procter, 21, a former event rider was having her seventh ride under Rules when her mount, Uggy Uggy Uggy, took a heavy fall at the second flight in the Cartmel Female Jockeys Handicap Hurdle, one of the most valuable races of its kind in which Rachael Blackmore, Gina Andrews, Charlotte Jones and new point-to-point ladies’ champion, Izzie Hill, all took part.

The remaining 10 runners bypassed the hurdle on the second circuit while Procter, whose parents run the Dorset stud where Honeysuckle was born and bred, immediately reported back pain to the paramedics. The next race was delayed by an hour while she was treated and transferred to the air ambulance.

A statement put out by the Injured Jockeys’ Fund yesterday said: “Amateur jockey Alice Procter had a fall at Cartmel racecourse yesterday and immediately reported back pain.

“She was flown by helicopter to the major trauma centre at Royal Preston Hospital. Following scans, she was then taken to the operating theatre under the care of the spinal team.

“She is now in the ICU with her family in attendance. Further updates will be issued in due course.”

Procter, whose brother is a jockey in America, works for Kieren Burke, the Whitcombe-based trainer who trains Uggy Uggy Uggy, a three-time winner who had never fallen before.

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