Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was injured and hospitalized Sunday after being bucked off a horse, his office said. Pillen was riding a new horse with his family when the incident occurred, according to a news release.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was in intensive care on Monday to treat multiple injuries suffered after he was thrown off a horse the day before. Doctors said he has a "very good prognosis."

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was transported to the hospital on Sunday after being bucked off a horse, according to a statement from his office.

Doctors say the 68-year-old governor's prognosis is good despite seven rib fractures, a minor fracture in one of his vertebrae and a minor kidney injury.

His office said the "the governor's injuries were serious but not life-threatening and could have been much worse."

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was hospitalized Sunday after he was thrown off a horse, injuring his spleen and fracturing a vertebra and seven ribs, officials said.

Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) will likely be spending Christmas in the hospital after being “bucked off” a horse on Sunday. Pillen, 68, was horseback riding with his family in the Cornhusker State on Sunday when he was injured after being thrown off a horse,