Tributes paid after showjumper's untimely death

Equestrian authorities in America are to pay tribute to a popular young Irish showjumper who died this week after suffering a massive heart attack.

Tributes paid after showjumper's untimely death
Fri, 05 Oct, 2007 - 18:02

Equestrian authorities in America are to pay tribute to a popular young Irish showjumper who died this week after suffering a massive heart attack.

Niall Grimes, 31, and originally from Enniscrone, Co Sligo, collapsed after taking a cardiac arrest at the Kentucky National Horse Show last Friday and slipped into a coma.

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