Poplar Park, Suffolk, UK. 2nd March, 2024. Bubby Upton riding Cola III at her 1st event after a fall in August which resulted in a 6hr operation

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Poplar Park, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK. 2nd March, 2024. Bubby Upton riding Cola III at her first event after she had an accident riding on the flat (19th August 2023), leading to a complete burst fracture of (vertebra) L3 and a horizontal fracture of L2, which required six hours of surgery to stabilise the spine, decompress the vertebrae and fuse L3. The event was Poplar Park horse Trials, near Woodbridge in Suffolk in the UK on the 2nd March 2024. Credit: Peter Nixon

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Location: Woodbridge
Photo credit: © Peter Nixon / Alamy / Afripics
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