Malcolm airlifted to hospital at Burghley Horse Trials

SCOTLAND'S Nicola Malcolm was airlifted to hospital after a heavy fall at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials on Saturday.

The 22-year-old had been competing in the cross-country phase of the four-star event on her horse McFly.

The fall happened at the Birch Hedge, fence 19. Competition was stopped for approximately an hour while she was treated at the scene.

She was taken to a hospital in Coventry by air ambulance, amid suggestions she had suffered a head injury.

Two riders - Frenchman Eddy Sans and Ireland's Louise Lyons - were held on the course behind Malcolm, with 24 combinations still to start their cross-country rounds.