Cloncurry cowgirl Bessie Smits seriously injured in horse fall

Derek Barry
Updated October 18 2017 - 4:30pm, first published February 16 2017 - 8:49am
Cloncurry cowgirl and 2017 Rodeo Queen of Australia Bessie Smits is lucky to be alive after a serious fall off a horse on Monday.
Cloncurry cowgirl and 2017 Rodeo Queen of Australia Bessie Smits is lucky to be alive after a serious fall off a horse on Monday.

Cloncurry cowgirl and 2017 Rodeo Queen of Australia Bessie Smits may never ride again after a serious fall off her horse on Monday evening.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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