Bailey Rogerson, the granddaughter of Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Graeme Rogerson, is in Waikato Hospital’s intensive care unit following an accident at Arawa Park in New Zealand on Sunday
11:58, 17 Nov 2025
A 24-year-old apprentice jockey is in an induced coma in hospital after she fell from her horse in a race. Bailey Rogerson was riding Mandalo at Arawa Park in New Zealand on Sunday when the thoroughbred clipped the heels of another runner named In A Pickle.
Rogerson, whose grandfather Graeme Rogerson trained 2007 Melbourne Cup winner Efficient, was rushed to Waikato Hospital where she remains in the intensive care unit. Doctors placed the sportswoman in an induced coma after she suffered a fractured skull and they were concerned about a possible brain bleed.
Graeme Rogerson said: “She has a fracture in her skull and there might also be a broken bone in her neck region but they haven’t been able to to X-ray her for that yet, but she has movement in her limbs so that is good news."
The trainer, who was the youngest in his country to reach 1,000 winners, added via the New Zealand Herald that the medical team hope to bring Bailey out of the coma and her mum, former jockey, Michelle Northcott is by her side.
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Corentin Berge, the jockey of In A Pickle, was handed a four-week ban for allowing his mount to interfere with Rogerson’s horse. Earlier on the programme, she had celebrated her 58th career winner on Burnished, the third racer to score this season.
The most recent Melbourne Cup runner for the Rogersons was multiple Group One titleholder Sharp 'N' Smart, who finished in 16th place behind outsider Knight's Choice in 2024.
The former New Zealand Horse of the Year for the 2022-2023 season was being targeted at the race again following a pleasing summer trial at Te Rapa, but in the end he did not make the line-up on November 4.