Keen-Hawkins remains in hospital but improving after fall

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Amateur jockey Lauren Keen-Hawkins is "showing signs of improvement" pursuing curen successful captious attraction for a superior caput wounded she sustained astatine Worcester connected Sunday.

Keen-Hawkins came down aboard Faerie Cutlass astatine nan third-last obstruction successful nan 2m4f handicap hurdle and was knocked retired from nan fall, pinch screens put up while she was checked.

The Injured Jockeys' Fund said she remains astatine nan Queen Elizabeth Hospital successful Birmingham.

"She was unconscious for an extended play of time, and arsenic would beryllium expected aft this, Lauren has now entered a shape termed Post Traumatic Amnesia (PTA)," they said connected Friday.

"This intends she is sleeping a batch of nan time, pinch bouts of confusion, but tin recognise and pass pinch family members for little periods."

Keen-Hawkins' parents are "extremely grateful" for nan "overwhelming magnitude of support" they person received since her injury, added nan Injured Jockeys' Fund.

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