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Lorna Brooke dead at 37: AP McCoy leads tributes as fellow jockeys hold minute's silence

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Racecourses across the country fell silent as jockeys paid tribute to their weighing room colleague Lorna Brooke. The amateur rider died on Sunday at the age of 37, having bravely fought against her injuries sustained in a fall earlier this month.

A minute's silence was held before the start of UK racing fixtures this afternoon, where jockeys wore black armbands as a mark of respect.

Brooke, who rode 17 winners in her career, was seriously hurt when she came off Orchestrated in a Taunton chase on April 8. The Injured Jockeys' Fund released the tragic news on Monday that the sportswoman had lost her battle over the weekend.

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