TOP Gear daredevil Richard Hammond is back on crutches after yet another accident - falling off a horse.

The disaster prone presenter who cheated death in a 288mph dragster smash in 2006 – took the stallion for a 'test drive' ahead of a three-mile steeple chase.

But the 16-hand horse got spooked and threw Hammond, 39, on to the hard turf where he landed heavily on his backside.

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