Horseman Chris Cox and wife Barbara with son Case and daughter Charley Renee, pictured here holding her father’s hand. | Photo courtesy of Chris Cox Horsmanship
Chris Cox’s daughter Charley was struck by a horse last week but is recovering. Extra prayers going their way is greatly appreciated.
From myhorse.com:
“Two days after being kicked in the head by a horse, young Charley Cox, Chris Cox’s daughter, is recovering.
“Nearly two days after being kicked in the head by a horse at a Colorado ranch, 3-year-old Charley Renee Cox, daughter of renowned horse trainer and clinician Chris Cox, remains in intensive care at a Colorado Springs hospital but is improving, said Chris Cox Horsemanship President Keith Mundee.
“She’s made a turn for the better,” Mundee said Wednesday morning. “Her prognosis looks very good. Everyone’s prayers are working.”
“Mundee said Charley got out of the house Monday about 6 p.m. at the Painted View Ranch, outside of Westcliffe, Colo., where Chris Cox Horsemanship is based for the summer, and after being retrieved once by her mother Barbara, managed to slip out again. She had only been gone for a matter of seconds, he said, when Barbara found her daughter unconscious on the ground near a horse in a turnout pen, scooped her up and called for help.
“It was very scary,” Mundee said. “Charley had to be airlifted to the hospital. She’s got a fractured skull, a broken jaw and some broken teeth.”
“Chris Cox had just left for an event in Reno, he said, and he immediately flew back to Colorado to be with his family, which includes son Case, 2.
“Things are positive,” Mundee said. “And the family is really grateful for everyone’s thoughts and prayers. My phone has a ton of messages on it right now.”
“Mundee described the horse in the turnout pen who kicked Charley as “fairly young” and said that one of the girl’s favorite games was to pretend she’s a horse.
“She likes to play with them, run with them, and act like a horse,” he said. “And as far as we can tell, that’s what she did.”