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Racehorse suffers fatal injury after unshipping jockey and galloping into fence

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Racehorse suffers fatal injury after unshipping jockey and galloping into fence

Harry With Style’s rider Lian Wilson suffered a broken nose in the incident at the end of a race for stable staff at Nottingham on Thursday

Lian Wilkson (right) comes off Harry With Style at Nottingham(@RacingTV/Twitter)

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    Jon Lees

A special race staged to give race riding experience to stable staff ended in one of the runners being fatally injured and a rider suffering a broken nose on Thursday.

To mark Racing Staff Week in Britain, a series of special charity races have been staged between June 22 and 28. More than 50 stable staff were taking part in the four events organised at Ayr, Chepstow, Newbury and Nottingham to raise money for Racing Welfare .

Lian Wilson was riding Harry With Style, a four-year-old gelding trained by her boss John Ryan, in the last scheduled event at Nottingham. She had driven her mount into second place near the line, but her saddle had started to slip round and she came off after the line, picking up her injuries when struck by following horses, according to Ryan.

Harry With Style then galloped on loose for a complete circuit of the track but then tragically collided with a fence and suffered injuries from which he could not be saved by attending vets.

“Lian suffered a fractured nose and a few bruises but she is okay,” said Ryan. “As she crossed the line she was reaching forward and the weight was pushing the saddle forward and it slipped to one side and she went out the side door.

“The main injury she sustained was caused by horses from behind galloping over the top of her.”

John Ryan: trainer of Harry With Style who was injured in a freak accident(PA)

Harry With Style, who is used by Ryan as a lead horse and for inexperienced riders to partner, kept running.

“He did a full circuit, one mile six around the course, and unfortunately passed us while we were attending Lian, veered towards the exit where the gate was closed and he slid into the fence,” the trainer said.

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