USA Dressage Olympian Courtney King-Dye suffered a skull fracture and is in a coma following a fall last week. The fall left Courtney in a coma.

Courtney was injured while schooling a horse in Loxahatchee, prior to the Palm Beach Dressage Derby that was being held last weekend. It is understood that one of the horse’s hind feet stepped on the other and then he sat down and tipped over sidewards. Courtney ended under him, still in her tack.

 It is unknown when Courtney might awake from her coma.

 Courtney often wears a helmet, but she was not in this instance.

 As a result, Grand Prix rider Heather Blitz has started a campaign that urges dressage riders to wear helmets, as she requires her students to do.

 Courtney’s tragic accident has also lead to a push for safety helmets to be compulsory in dressage competition. Many dressage riders at the weekend’s Derby event wore helmets.