Victorian trainer Brett Scott is set for scans and surgery on Thursday after being kicked by a horse.

The popular Mornington trainer was airlifted to hospital on Wednesday afternoon following the incident and was placed in an induced coma.

The expat Kiwi has fractures to his skull, bleeding on the brain and a severe laceration to his head.

An astute horseman and former champion jumps jockey, Scott trains Kiwi galloper Irish Flame whom he won the A$500,000 Ballarat Cup (2000m) with in spring and regularly places his horses to good effect.