Madonna banned from horse riding while on tour

Madonna was banned from horseriding while on tour after injuring herself in an accident in April (09).

The pop superstar suffered minor injuries and bruising to her lower back earlier this year (09) after she was thrown off a horse in the Hamptons, New York when the animal was startled by lurking paparazzi.

Madonna has since fully recovered from the incident, which took place during a break in her Sticky & Sweet tour, but admits she has not climbed back onto a horse since – because the singer's work insurance policy bans her from pursuing her favourite hobby while she's on the road.

She tells U.S. talk show host David Letterman, “(I haven't been on a horse) since my last accident in the Hamptons. I fractured my spinus erectus (bones in lower back).

“My insurance company wouldn't allow me to ride while I was on tour.”

The singer admits horseback riding can be a dangerous sport but insists it gives her a whole new perspective on Mother Earth.

She says, “You're flirting with danger when you ride a horse. (But) you see the world of nature in a different way.”
Madonna, who wrapped her mammoth world tour in Israel last month (Sep09), was left with three broken ribs, a broken hand and a collarbone after another horseriding accident in 2005.