A MAN suffered a broken leg today when a horse reared up in stables in Newmarket.

A MAN suffered a broken leg today when a horse reared up in stables in Newmarket.

The 25-year-old victim was taken to the West Suffolk Hospital with a fractured femur after the incident at the Calder Park Stables in Hamilton Road.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance was initially mobilised but then stood down after paramedics reached the scene at around 8.30am.