Racing at Hereford on Monday had to be delayed while the 20-year-old amateur was receiving treatment on the track for a pelvic injury
Olive Nicholls: has ridden six winners this season(Image: Getty Images)
The mother of Olive Nicholls shared ‘better than expected’ news of the 20-year-old talented amateur rider on Tuesday. Olive, whose father is the 14-time champion British jumps trainer Paul Nicholls and sister the ITV Racing pundit Megan Nicholls, was taken to hospital after she took a heavy fall during a hunter chase at Hereford on Monday.
The amateur rider has ridden 23 winners and recorded her latest success at Warwick on Friday aboard Golden Sun, trained by her Dad. On Monday she had one ride at Hereford on another of her father’s horses, Quel Destin, in the Jumprite Open Hunters’ Chase over 2m5f.
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The 100-30 chance, returning from a year’s absence, went off in the lead but had lost his position when he unseated his rider at the third last fence.
Racing had to be delayed while Olive received medical attention on the track with the last race. finally starting 11 minutes late after she had been taken to hospital.
However she was discharged after being assessed by doctors and there is an outside chance she could be fit to ride for trainer mother Georgina Nicholls at Musselburgh on Sunday.
Georgina told Mirror Racing: “It was rather a long wait last night outside Hereford Hospital where there were a lot of ambulances. They scanned her pelvis and it’s clear. She’s obviously very sore but nothing was broken which is good news.
Georgina Nicholls: gave encouraging update on daughter(Image: RacingTV)
“Olive has got quite a lot to look forward to so fingers crossed she will be back on the mend in no time.
“She has Cheltenham and Aintree ahead but unfortunately it will probably be a bit of a scrap against time to be able to ride Thank You Ma’am first time over fences at Musselburgh. That was going to be a big day for her.
“She’s ridden him a lot and it was something she was looking forward to. That’s going to be a bit nip and tuck at the minute. We’ll see how she gets on in the next couple of days. With some arnica and hot baths. you never know.
“It’s as good a bit of news as we could have got.”