Apprentice's return from fall put back to end of November

Sammy Jo Bell has been told she will have to wait until the end of November to resume riding as she continues her recovery from the horrific fall at Carlisle that ended her season.

The apprentice, who fractured her pubic bone when she was thrown and rolled on by a horse on May 20, is undergoing daily sessions in the gym to build up her fitness.

But after undergoing three and a half hours surgery to insert a plate and sent home to spend the next eight weeks in a wheelchair her recuperation period was revised from six weeks to six months.