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Laine Ashker Back in Saddle Again

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Probably no one would have blamed Laine Ashker if she had walked away from riding after a fall last spring nearly took her life, and did take that of her horse.

Well, not only is she back up on horses, she’d like to get back to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the same event during which she had her fall in April.

As Ashker’s horse, Frodo Baggins, was attempting a jump at the “flower basket” fence, his front legs hit the fence, throwing rider and horse to the ground. Ashker’s jaw, ribs, collarbone and shoulder blade were broken. She and Frodo both had skull fractures and lung injuries.

Ashker doesn’t remember the fall, she told the Lexington Herald-Leader, but takes all responsibility for it, saying accidents on the course are the rider’s fault 90 percent of the time. She tries not to dwell on it….

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Date: 1-4-2009
By:  www.kentucky.com