Pall cast over eventing with death of two riders

A pall was cast over the sport of eventing at the weekend with the deaths of two riders while competing.

At world-famous Luhmühlen in Germany, Benjamin Winter of the host nation died from head injuries suffered in a rotational fall. The 25-year-old had completed a clear on his first ride Wild Thing, before falling from Ispo at a table fence. At Nunney International Horse Trials in Somerset, England, Jordan McDonald, a 30-year-old Canadian based in Leicestershire, was killed while competing in a novice section on Only Me, a seven-year-old gelding,.

The German fixture went ahead at the request of Winter’s family, with New Zealander Tim Price (Wesko) dedicating his win to the deceased.