Teenage rider taken to hospital after dog attack on beach

The mother of a teenage girl who was lucky to escape serious injury when a loose dog attacked her horse has appealed to owners to take responsibility for their pets.

Kerrie Smart-Jones’s daughter Ella was taken to hospital after the fall from her former racehorse Atlantic Quest on Camber Sands beach, East Sussex, on Saturday (31 March).

The 14-year-old had suffered whiplash and is “battered and bruised” but Kerrie said she is lucky not to be more seriously hurt.

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Article written by: Eleanor Jones