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A WOMAN sustained a facial injury while watching a horse race at Appleby.
The incident happened yesterday (June 11) at around 2.20pm.
It is believed that the passing horse threw a shoe during the race, hitting the woman, in her 20s, in her eye.
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After treatment on scene, the patient was airlifted to Cumberland Infirmary by the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
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