‘You couldn’t make it up!’ 75-year-old rider denied charity win owing to broken stirrup raises serious safety concerns

A 75-year-old rider whose stirrup broke during a race at an Easter point-to-point said it was ironic that his first visit to an Injured Jockeys Fund centre was a result of his fundraising for the charity. Mark Smith joked that “you couldn’t make it up” after his fall from Shot Tower (Bob) in the hunt […]