An inquest heard that a professional horse trainer was killed when she fell from her horse after having drunk a double tonic and ingested a double.
Annette Day (60), of Lambley Paddocks in Lowdham Nottinghamshire suffered fatal brain injuries from the fall. The court was informed.
The Nottingham Coroner’s Court heard from Andrew yesterday that he noticed a shift in her horse’s feet when she fell.
He realized something was not right and ran to see his wife on the ground. However, she assured him that she had been uninjured.
Annette Day (60), of Lambley Paddocks in Lowdham Nottinghamshire suffered fatal brain injuries from the fall. The court was informed.
Nottingham Post reports that she said she felt dizzy while riding and was soon on the ground.
The arena’s soft sand was her fall. Her helmet sustained no injuries. After falling, she told her husband that it was okay to return to their home.
She was driven by Mr Day back to Lambley Paddocks, but her fainting caused him to need to dispatch an ambulance.
The Nottingham Coroner’s Court heard from Andrew that he heard her horse fall when she was falling. Pictured: Mrs Day and her daughter Elspeth
She was rushed to Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre where it was found she had a coma score of three – which means she was completely unresponsive.
Mrs Day was suffering from brain bleeding and couldn’t be operated upon so she was intubated by medics.
Coroner Dr Elizabeth Didcock told the court: ‘Her brain injury was thought to be unsurvivable.
Mrs Day was found dead in her hospital bed on May 14th at approximately 4.40pm. Pictured: Lambley Paddocks, Lowdham
‘[Her husband]According to reports, she was an alcoholic for a while and consumed about half a bottle of spirits per day.
She said that she had drunk a double dose of Gin and Tonic on the day of her fall.
Mrs Day was born at approximately 4.40pm May 14th and died two days later in hospital.
She had 173 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood – over double the drink drive limit, a toxicology report found.
Dr Didcock concluded her death was an accident and caused by the haemorrhage from the fall.