Rose Loxton's major challenge ahead of festival is a trip to the hairdresser

Shantou Flyer: 'Seems in great form and won well at Fakenham recently'

Rose Loxton visited a hairdresser’s last week for the first time in a year, and says: “It was quite emotional.”

Not that the grandmother to four girls has a phobia about scissors, but after a year of highs and lows it was another uplifting step on a challenging journey.

A week today she is set to saddle three runners in the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase, little more than a year since suffering a horrifically broken leg while riding out.

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Published on 5 March 2020inFeatures

Last updated 16:22, 5 March 2020

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