‘I was dangling from his chin’: rider’s safety warning after horse’s lead rope clipped on to her boot

A rider who found herself dangling head-down with her boot attached to her horse’s headcollar has spoken up in hopes of protecting others from the same fate.

Deborah Neve told H&H she can now see the humour in what happened after the clip of her cob’s lead rope attached itself to the strap on her wellington – but that she was immensely lucky not to have been trampled, kicked or otherwise badly injured.

“I can laugh about it now, but I actually thought I was going to die,” she said.