Trainer Harriet Bethell in intensive care after suffering head injuries in fall

Trainer Harriet Bethell has been placed in an induced coma in hospital in Hull after a fall on the gallops last Wednesday left her with serious head injuries.

Her father William Bethell reported his daughter, 33, was in a "life-threatening situation" and that doctors were taking a day-by-day approach to her care and wellbeing.

He said: "Harriet had a bad fall on the gallops a week ago and is in intensive care in Hull. She's in an induced coma and it's a life-threatening situation.

"She has a bleed in the head, a few bleeds I think, so they have to let her sleep and wake her up in a few days' time. It's very difficult being positive because the words out of the hospital are not great."

William Bethell was speaking after Steel Helmet scored at Lingfield on Tuesday evening, a sixth winner of the year on the Flat for the yard, and he added runners would continue to showcase the hard work his daughter had put in.

"She's done all the work," he told Sky Sports Racing. "We only have three running and one on the runway and they just win; she's had three winners in the last month.

"We thought we better keep them running for the next month or so while they're running in her form that she trained them and then we'll see how she is."

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