Hunt saboteur trampled to ground by horse as rider jumps metal fence

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You’ll have to come out the way.” But when the hunt saboteur doesn’t move, the horse proceeds to jump the fence and collides heavily with the woman causing her to fall to the ground. The group claims the rider deliberately “ploughed” into the woman but the hunt says she put herself into the path of harm’s way by refusing to move. “Statements have been submitted to Leicestershire Police.” The Cottesmore Hunt said in a statement: “An experienced horseman, on a very capable horse, Sam assessed the situation, verbally warned of his intentions to jump the gate and requested they keep clear, he viewed his line over the gate and jumped. “A horse will not intentionally tread on another being, and Sam’s horse, an experienced and very clever animal did his best to avoid the person that had put themselves in his path as he took off for the fence, however, a moving object is hard to avoid and unfortunately his feet made contact.” They also claimed that, in calling an ambulance, the saboteurs burdened an “overstretched ambulance service” and “wasted the time of an overstretched service to create a social media-worthy story”.