‘Back where I belong’: top dressage rider returns to the saddle following brain bleed

Top international dressage rider Juan Matute Guimon is “back where he belongs”, having returned to the saddle nearly three months after suffering a bleed on the brain.

The 22-year-old Spanish rider, who made his senior championship team debut at the 2018 World Equestrian Games, was taken to hospital in a critical condition in Madrid on 5 May.

Juan was placed in an induced coma and underwent two operations to ease the pressure on his brain. His sister Paula provided regular updates on his condition, reporting that he had sat up for the first time on 31 May, and a CT scan on 1 June “couldn’t have been better”.

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Article written by: Becky Murray