Horse and rider escape serious injury in ‘hit-and-run’

A rider whose horse “ended up sitting on the bonnet” of a car says she no longer wants to ride on the roads.

20-year-old Jodie Shearman from Colchester was riding her 14.3hh cob Hank on the road with a friend on 2 August in Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex, when her horse became upset.

“I tried to slow the traffic down as Hank was in the middle of the road at this point. I turned round and a woman driving a car was trying to come past us.

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Article written by: Becky Murray