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A television presenter was left in tears with a foot injury after being brutally kicked by a horse at a British event.
Andie Biancone, a rising star for US network FanDuelTV, was forced to miss her big moment as a groom for a horse.
She had been chosen to lead up Lennilu - trained by her father Patrick Biancone - for The Queen Mary Stakes at Ascot but there was a painful accident on the gallops.
Lennilu's company horse kicked out at her after being spooked by a truck and left her with a soft tissue injury.
And so Biancone, 28, has been left on crutches and will need medical attention back in the United States.
'Lennilu and I were coming back from her canter yesterday (on Tuesday) and her company horse got spooked by a truck, kicked out, and unfortunately kicked my foot,' she told ITV Racing.
Television presenter Andie Biancone was left with in injured foot after being kicked at Ascot
She revealed she had been kicked in the ankle after a horse was spooked by a 'massive truck'
Biancone, 28, is a rising star of the horse broadcasting world in the United States
She is the daughter of famed French horse trainer Patrick Biancone, who was also present
The 28-year-old Hong Kongese presenter is pictured coddling a horse's head
'But Lenni was fine, she packed me. twenty minutes home, I was sobbing, and she was just like, "are you good, mum?"'
She also told FanDuelTV: 'Lennilu was fine, but the pony was spooked, he bucked straight over his head and hit me in the foot.
'Team Lennilu is very grateful that I took the hit, took one for the team. It would be a shame to have a filly come all this way, be doing so well, and get kicked in the ribs.
'So my ankle did suffer the worst of it, we got it looked at at Newmarket, they said no visible breaks, probably just soft tissue damage.
'I will probably get a second opinion in the United States but as of right now, we're crutching it.'
Lennilu went on to finish third in the Queen Mary Stakes on Wednesday, with Aiden O'Brien-trained True Love coming out on top.
Father Biancone said: 'She is only a baby. I liked the fact she fought back at the end. We will go home and give her a break and then we’ll see her in Del Mar for the Breeders’ Cup.'
