A man has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after being kicked by a horse on the Gold Coast.

Emergency crews rushed to Ken Russell Court in Bundall around 7am on Thursday following reports a rider had been seriously injured.

Upon arrival, they found a man in his 20s with “potentially life-threatening chest injuries”.

He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being rushed to the Gold Coast University Hospital.

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