Equestrian community devastated as rider pronounced dead after fall

Library image. Newmarket is home to numerous racing yards that train their horses on the well-maintained gallops.

The racing community has been rocked again as a man died in a riding accident at a Newmarket racing stable.

The rider was pronounced dead at the scene, at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket yard, on Wednesday (29 March). The previous day, a 25-year-old female employee had collapsed and died at Michael Owen’s Manor House Stables in Cheshire.

Robert told the Racing Post the team was devastated...