Woman injured in fox hunt loses action for damages

A horse rider who sued a hunt club after she suffered a back injury when she jumped an obstacle while on a fox hunt and her horse rolled on top of her has lost her High Court action.

Woman injured in fox hunt loses action for damages

A horse rider who sued a hunt club after she suffered a back injury when she jumped an obstacle while on a fox hunt and her horse rolled on top of her has lost her High Court action.

Hairdresser Aisling Begadon, an experienced horse rider, Ms Justice Brongah O'Hanlon ruled ought not to have jumped unnecessarily the dangerous jump, a felled tree in relation to which a warning had been given.

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