Turner was Britain's first female champion apprentice jockey

Hayley Turner has been taken to hospital following a fall on the Newmarket gallops.

The 26-year-old jockey was riding work for Phil McEntee when the horse she was on broke a leg and fired her into the ground, knocking her unconscious.

She regained consciousness and was then taken by ambulance to Cambridge's Addenbrooke's Hospital where the extent of her injuries is being assessed.

"I've spoken to Hayley. She is conscious," confirmed McEntee.

"She was unconscious for a while but the ambulance crew did a great job."

Turner became the first female jockey to ride 100 winners in a calendar year in Britain in 2008.

McEntee told At The Races: "It was pretty scary. When you see somebody unconscious in that sort of state it is not very nice.

"There were a few Darley head lads around at the time and everybody jumped into action."

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