‘I’m so proud’: teenager and pony who both suffered spinal damage fight back to ride together again

A rider who suffered a spinal stroke aged 13 – whose pony also suffered spinal damage in a freak accident – is sharing her story to raise awareness, and help others.

Liane Chard told H&H her daughter Summer was a happy, healthy teenager, who lived for riding her pony Cindy, when she woke to find herself paralysed last March. Doctors could not tell her how much, if any, movement she would regain but thanks to the determination of Summer, and Cindy after her own fall, the pair are back together and making good progress.