Event rider suffers fatal injuries in rotational fall

A US event rider has died as a result of injuries she sustained in a rotational fall at a competition this weekend.

Jennifer Chapin and her horse Joinem fell in the cross-country warm-up at the Green Mountain Horse Association’s (GMHA) Festival of Eventing, in South Woodstock, Vermont, United States, on Sunday (11 August).

Jennifer, who was 32 and from Wenham, Massachusetts, was taken to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for treatment but died as a result of her injuries.

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Article written by: Eleanor Jones