| Madonna suffers broken bones in accident(AP)
 Updated: 2005-08-17 09:03
 
 Madonna's 47th birthday celebration was marred when she suffered several 
broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her 
publicist told The Associated Press on Tuesday. 
 
 
 The superstar was hospitalized with three 
cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand, according to Liz Rosenberg, 
her spokeswoman based in New York.
 | ![Madonna poses after reading from her new book 'Lotsa De Casha' to children on June 7, 2005, in New York. Her 47th birthday celebration was marred when she suffered several broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her publicist told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005.[AP]](xin_320802170913941230052.jpg) Madonna poses after reading from 
 her new book 'Lotsa De Casha' to children on June 7, 2005, in New York. 
 [AP]
 |  The accident occurred Tuesday at Ashcombe house, her estate outside of 
London. 
 Madonna and an assistant were riding horses, when Madonna, on a new horse she 
wasn't accustomed to riding, took a tumble. Her children, Rocco and Lourdes, 
were at the home but were not with their mother at the time, Rosenberg said. 
 "The whole family was out in the country, celebrating her birthday," 
Rosenberg said. 
 Her husband, director Guy Ritchie, took Madonna to an undisclosed hospital, 
where she was treated. Rosenberg said the entertainer was expected to be 
released later in the evening. 
 
 
  
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