Amateur jockey Lauren Keen-Hawkins is “showing signs of improvement” following treatment in critical care for a serious head injury she sustained at Worcester on Sunday.

Keen-Hawkins came down aboard Faerie Cutlass at the third-last fence in the 2m4f handicap hurdle and was knocked out from the fall, with screens put up while she was checked.

The Injured Jockeys’ Fund said she remains at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

“She was unconscious for an extended period of time, and as would be expected after this, Lauren has now entered a stage termed Post Traumatic Amnesia (PTA),” they said on Friday.

“This means she is sleeping a lot of the time, with bouts of confusion, but can recognise and communicate with family members for brief periods.”

Keen-Hawkins’ parents are “extremely grateful” for the “overwhelming amount of support” they have received since her injury, added the Injured Jockeys’ Fund.