A WOMAN who was dragged 30-meters along the floor by a galloping horse has recalled her horrifying experience.

Nicky Barnfather, 52 from Stokesley, went to tend to her horses when she realised they were at the wrong side of an electric fence.

As she began manoeuvring them and lowering the electric fencing, one of her horses stepped over the metal wiring and got tangled.

Spooked by what was happening, the horse began galloping and as Ms Barnfather tripped over, her foot became trapped and she was dragged along at speeds of up to 40mph by the panic-stricken animal.

“The pain was intense, I could barely move my foot,” she said.

“My daughter kept telling me to stay away from the wiring, but it was too late.”

Ms Barnfather’s daughter began freeing her foot and ambulance first responders arrived on the scene to assess her injuries.

As the extent of the damage was discovered, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called in to fly her to the nearest trauma unit.

The Air Ambulance took Ms Barnfather to the James Cook in Middlesbrough, where it was revealed that she had broken her ankle in 12 pieces and had to be rushed for surgery.

Ms Barnfather then spent four months in hospital over the Christmas period, but due to other medical issues, her recovery was not straight forward.

She contracted a severe bone infection due to complications from her other health conditions and needed an urgent blood transfusion.

Her ankle healed in the wrong shape and she had had to wear an external frame as well as have skin grafts to reconstruct her foot.

Ms Barnfather still endures daily pain and suffers from PSTD.

She said: “It is like walking on broken glass.

“For a while I couldn’t even put my shoes on.”

Ms Barnfather praised the Air Ambulance staff, saying: “When Darren, one of the paramedics, was leaving the emergency room, I said if I never see you again, please make sure you tell the crew how grateful I am. I will always be thankful for what they did for me that day.”

Her story will be shown on the series Helicopter ER which airs at 9pm on Monday on UKTV’S channel Really.