A sportswoman was taken to Bristol's Southmead Hospital after she fell from her horse during an event on Saturday, May 7. European individual eventing champion Nicola Wilson remains in a “stable” condition after suffering a cross-country fall during the Badminton Horse Trials in South Gloucestershire.
Nicola, who is based in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, was taken to hospital following a tumble towards the end of her round with JL Dublin. “Following her fall from JL Dublin at Badminton Horse Trials, Nicola has had a comfortable night in hospital and is conscious in a stable condition awaiting further tests,” read a statement posted on Wilson’s official website on Sunday (May 8).
“She is receiving the best possible care from the team at Southmead Hospital. Alistair [her husband] and the rest of the family are very grateful for all of the messages of support, and these are being shared with Nicola.