Richard Hammond in horse fall
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is in the wars again after saddling up for a test drive without a seatbelt.
The presenter, 39, who famously survived a 288-mph smash in a dragster car in September 2006, has now been hurt after a horse he was test riding became spooked.
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Richard Hammond without his horse
Hammond, who is currently starring in the Saturday night BBC1 show Total Wipeout, is now using a crutch.
Friends say the presenter, dubbed the Hamster by his Top Gear co-presenter Jeremy Clarkson, is fine after the fall.
Hammond turned up on crutches to the Ledbury Hunt's Hayes Golden Button Challenge on Saturday.
He and wife Mindy had been expected to take part in the three-mile cross country, steeple chase over 24 hedges along the banks of the River Severn.
Although wife Mindy keeps several horses at their new home outside Ross-on-Wye, Hammond does not have a mount of his own and was thrown while trying out a large horse.
Ledbury Hunt master David Redvers said it was the first time Hammond had been on a horse since he took riding lessons.
9 Comments
by Beth, Derby
Tuesday, December 29 2009, 10:16PM
“Really funny.. joking about a horse riding accident- new low?
Yep horses can be un-predictable and falls from them can be incredibly painful, even the most minor falls can leave you immobilised for a few days
In my opinion, these comments about him falling off dogs are just immature.”
by Samantha, N Yorks
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 9:27PM
“Would rather hear news like this about some guy doing something normal, than Paris Hiltons latest dogs fashion-wear. Hamster is King.”
by Me, G'Shire
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 3:41PM
“Paul M Cheltenham
I heard it was a Sausage Dog!”
by Paul M, Cheltenham
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 1:28PM
“Is the Richard from below Mr Hammond?
I had heard that he actually fell off a great dane....”
by becky, chelt
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 9:18AM
“richard what is your problem with some of these stories you have moanded about other stories its like paul has said we dont want to here about doom and gloom all the time if you dont like a story you dont have to read it”
by Smudge, Glos
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 9:15AM
“A Shetland might be more appropriate, lol!”
by hilary, ledbury
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 8:32AM
“He's learned the hard way - four wheels usually do what you tell 'em. Four legs have a mind of their own. And he's only little - what was he doing on a big horse? A Welsh pony might have been more appropriate...”
by Paul, Cheltenham
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 8:21AM
“Richanrd. News does not always have to be doom and gloom, this is lighthearted and easy reading, why not publish it”
by Richard, Cheltenham
Tuesday, January 20 2009, 8:18AM
“And this is news?”