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Despite breaking her arm in a freak accident, four-star Eventer Lainey Ashker plans to compete her T-bred Anthony Patch in Florida this January.

Ashker preps with broken arm for Wellington

After sustaining a serious break in her right arm from a bad horse kick, four-star Eventer Lainey Ashker plans to resume her competition schedule at the end of January. Wearing a cast and a smile, Ashker returned to the saddle two weeks after undergoing surgery Nov. 25 to install plates and screws into her arm, mending the damage done by a horse who spooked loading into the trailer. The young rider, who was critically injured in a cross-country event at the Rolex Three Day in 2008, says that broken bones are par for the course in any competitive sport, especially […]