‘I’m alive and determined to keep going’: rider who broke back in cross-country fall is eventing again

A rider who suffered multiple spinal fractures and two collapsed lungs in a cross-country fall said “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, as she returns to eventing.

Olivia Roberts credits the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) for helping save her life after the fall with Fintra CJ (Gary) at Aston-le-Walls last July. She and the then eight-year-old Irish-bred gelding were competing in their second intermediate event, and Olivia said it was the biggest course she had tackled...