Trainer Bill Turner is in hospital in a serious condition after sustaining a fracture to his skull while riding on Monday.
Turner, who turned 78 on Sunday, was riding at home when he fell on his head causing a major fracture to his skull, according to his daughter Kathy.
The trainer was rushed to hospital on Monday and has been on a ventilator overnight. His situation was described as being very serious.
Turner began his career in racing as a jockey but switched to training after breaking his leg in a fall at Newton Abbot.
Based in Sigwells, near Wincanton, on the Somerset-Dorset boundary, Turner has become known for his successes in the opening two-year-old race of the Flat season – the Brocklesby Stakes – which he has won six times, most recently with Mick’s Yer Man in 2013.
Mick’s Yer Man went on to gain Listed success for Turner at Ascot, when ridden by his grandson, former apprentice Ryan While, and the trainer also enjoyed Listed success with The Lord in 2006.
Red Snapper has been declared to run for Turner at Chepstow on Thursday, an engagement the juvenile will take up according to the trainer’s daughter Kathy as the family believe Turner will have wanted the horse to run.
Published on 12 August 2025inBritain
Last updated 16:33, 12 August 2025