Woman sues friends after fall from horse

A woman left paraplegic after being thrown by her friends' horse launched a High Court damages claim against them yesterday.

Dawn Rebecca Rhodes, 33, and David Mark Land, of Oakenshaw Lane, Walton, Wakefield, Yorks, bought Balloo, a seven-year-old gelding, in 2003 and stabled the horse on a farm in the nearby village of Crofton. Balloo was a broken horse, but still "green". Click here to read the full story