29/05/1993 | Richard Adams | 23 | M | England (Windsor) | Fall | NAT Advanced 3DE | Yes | Horse hit fence then landed on rider (source: internet) | #14 table |
5/06/1993 | Malcolm Munro-Kerr | 42 | M | England (Lowesby) | Hit head on ground | NAT Preliminary | Not reported | Fell. No other information (source: internet) | #19 third element, post and rails |
6/06/1993 | Verna Hiltebeitel | 24 | F | USA (Douglassville) | Crush | Not reported | Yes | Horse somersaulted, landed on rider (source: Bruce Paix (BP), internet) | Not reported |
16/06/1993 | Mark Holliday | 23 | M | England (Hexham) | Crush | Not reported | Yes | Horse somersaulted, landed on rider (source: internet) | Not reported |
18/08/1993 | Vanessa Weaver | 40 | F | England (Tythrop) | Crush | Not reported | Yes | Horse's legs became entangled in rails, rider fell, horse somersaulted, landed on rider (source: internet) | Sloping rails |
3/10/1993 | Karen Smart | 28 | F | England (Asgarsby) | Crush | Pony Club Hunter Trials | Yes | Horse refused at jump, somersaulted over on top of rider, landed on top of her (source: internet). | #15 Upright of telegraph poles |
22/04/1996 | Natalie Dunlop | 14 | F | Australia (Penola) | Head vs. tree | NAT Grade III | No | Horse bolted, rider thrown at high speed into tree (Source: BP; internet) | Not reported. Possibly not fence related |
18/05/1997 | Anna Savage | 36 | F | Australia (Naracoorte) | Blunt trauma | NAT Open I/M | No | Horse stumbled in ditch, not fence-related (“near end of course”). (Source: BP; personal information) | Not fence related, near end of course |
6/09/1997 | Sam Moore | 35 | M | England (Blenheim) | Crush | FEI CCI *** | Yes | Horse lacking energy. Horse hit fence (keyhole), rider catapulted, horse somersaulted, landed on rider's chest (source: internet) | #19 keyhole |
20/09/1997 | Amanda Warrington | 29 | F | USA (Fair Hill) | Blunt trauma | FEI CCI *** | No | Fell off, major head injuries. Unconscious for several months, died 28/12/1997 (source: internet) | Table |
14/03/1998 | Linda Riddle | 37 | F | USA (Trojan) | Not reported | Not reported | Yes | Referred to in Internet forum: "Linda Riddle died when her horse misjudged the bounce … competing advanced." Horse hit the second element and the rider flew over the fence, the horse then jumped on the rider. (source: BP; internet) | Bounce, rails and ditch |
22/03/1998 | Tasha Khouzam | 18 | F | Australia (Jupiter Creek) | Crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Horse hit fence, somersaulted over on top of rider (source: BP; internet) | Log fence, 4′ wide |
13/04/1998 | David Foster | 43 | M | Ireland (Rathmolyon) | Crush | NAT Advanced | Yes | Horse somersaulted over on top of rider at water jump (source: internet) | Not reported |
20/06/1998 | Keith Taylor | 32 | M | USA (Radnor) | Crush | International' (unconfirmed) Level not reported | Not reported | Horse made an error in jumping and fell, landing on rider. (source: BP, internet) | Coffin/ditch |
11/10/1998 | Roberta Scioscia | 43 | F | USA (Tryon) | Unknown | NAT Preliminary | Not reported | Death notice in NYTimes (online), 11/10/1998. (source: internet) | # 3, Log, |
1999 † | Ken Machette | 58 | M | USA (Trojan) | Crush | NAT Preliminary | Yes | The horse jumped from a standstill, flipped and landed on rider. “Broke Ken in half.“ (source: BP, internet) | Log drop into water |
15/05/1999 | Peta Beckett | 33 | F | England (Savernake) | Blunt, crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Horse hit fence (bounce, offset rails), somersaulted over on top of rider (source: internet) | #7 & 8 double (bounce), rails |
27/06/1999 | Robert Slade | 30 | M | England (Wilton Park) | Crush | NAT Intermediate | Yes | Attempted bounce fence with insufficient impulsion, horse fell on rider (source: BP, internet) | #17 double (bounce) |
22/08/1999 | Polly Phillips | 30 | F | Scotland (Thirlestane Castle) | Crush | International“ (unconfirmed) Scottish Champion-ships | Yes | Horse hit fence hard, somersaulted over on top of rider (source: BP, internet) | #10 Oxer |
4/09/1999 | Simon Long | 38 | M | England (Burghley) | Crush | FEI CCI **** | Yes | Horse refused at direct element (water), was immediately turned to attempt the RH option, hit fence with both front legs and somersaulted onto rider. (Source: BP, internet) | #20 jump out of water |
26/09/1999 | Peter McLean | 20 | M | England (Somerleyton) | Crush | NAT Intermediate | No | Parallel rail fence, horse stumbled on landing, fell on rider (source: internet) | Oxer |
9/04/2000 | Mark Myers | 32 | M | Australia (Fig Tree Pocket) | Crush | NAT Intermediate | Yes | Horse hit second element of bounce, rail into water. Horse somersaulted over onto rider, rider already dead when medical team arrived. (source: internet) | #10 (approx) |
16/04/2000 | Rhonda Mason | 35 | F | Australia (Camperdown) | Crush | NAT Pre-novice | Yes | “Horse was on the forehand, and galloping downhill, and just didn’t see the fence because its head was too low“ (eyewitness, Internet forum). Horse hit fence, stumbled on landing and rolled onto rider (source: internet) | #15 4-rail roost |
30/04/2000 | Jemima Johnson | 38 | F | England (Wilmslow) | Crush | NAT Advanced | Yes | Horse failed to make the height, hit log pile on the rise, somersaulting over onto rider (source: internet) | Not reported |
25/08/2003 | Samantha Hudson | 33 | F | England (Moreton-in-Marsh) | Crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Horse hesitated, hit fence (log over ditch) with chest, somersaulting over onto rider (source: internet) | #14 |
24/07/2004 | Cindy Burge | 41 | F | USA (Rebecca Farm) | Crush | NAT Level unknown | No | Not fence related. Horse slipped on turn, rolled onto rider. Died 28/7/04 (source: internet) | Not fence related |
29/08/2004 | William Booth | 51 | M | USA (Senator Bell Farm) | Blunt trauma | NAT Level unknown | No | Horse refused at stone wall, throwing rider into wall (source: internet) | Not reported |
5/09/2004 | Caroline Pratt | 41 | F | England (Burghley) | Crush (in water) | FEI CCI **** | Yes | Horse clipped jetty, somersaulted over onto rider in shallow water (source: internet) | #26 (third last) |
21/08/2006 | Sherelle Duke | 28 | F | England (Brockenhurst Park) | Crush | NAT Advanced | Yes | Horse hit second element of double, somersaulting over onto rider (source: internet) | Not reported |
23/11/2006 | Mia Erikkson | 17 | F | USA (Galway Downs) | Crush (in water) | FEI CCI ** | Yes | Slow rotational fall. Horse fell on her after rotational fall. Sister Shana died in riding accident in 2003 (source: internet) | #19 |
8/12/2006 | Kim Hyung-Chil | 47 | M | Qatar (Doha) | Crush | FEI CCI * | Yes | Horse caught front legs on upper part of jump, somersaulted over onto rider (source: internet, YouTube) | #8 |
17/02/2007 | Amanda Bader | 32 | F | USA (Ocala) | Blunt trauma | NAT Prelim | No | Fell from her horse, sustained head injury. Died 28/2/07 (source: internet) | Not reported |
14/03/2007 | Amelie Cohen | 30 | F | France (Fontainbleu) | Crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Horse somersaulted at fence and landed on top of rider (source: internet) | #7 |
18/04/2007 | Jo-Anne Williams | 34 | F | England (Sapey) | Blunt trauma | NAT Novice | No | Rider sustained serious head injury when her horse hit the top of a bench jump (source: internet) | #8 |
8/05/2007 | Julie Silly | 17 | F | France (Jardy) | Crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Horse fell heavily on rider after rotational fall at “house fence” (source: internet) | #3b |
21/07/2007 | Elin Stalberg | 19 | F | Sweden (Bollnas) | Unknown | NAT Intermediate | Yes | Horse somersaulted over fence (corner fence), landed on rider (source: internet) | Third last |
31/07/2007 | Anke Wolf | 40 | F | Germany (Neu Wulmstorf) | Crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Horse somersaulted over last fence, landed on top of rider (source: internet) | Last |
4/08/2007 | Tina Richter-Vietor | 32 | F | Germany (Schenefeld) | Blunt trauma | FEI CIC ** | No | Horse fell after catching a leg in fence, rider thrown right, horse fell left (source: internet) | #2 |
2/09/2007 | Maia Boutanos | 29 | F | France (Moulin) | Crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Portable fence moved on impact, fell over, causing horse to fall on the rider (source: internet) | #5b |
19/11/2007 | Eleanor Brennan | 21 | F | USA (Ocala) | Crush | FEI CCI ** | Yes | Horse struck fence (table), rolled over onto its neck, trapping rider. Horse died instantly (source: internet) | #18 |
29/01/2008 | Shannon Bloomfield | 12 | F | England (Malt Hill Farm) | Crush | Pony Club | Yes | Horse clipped the jump, and landed on the child, kicking her in the head as it got to its feet (source: internet). | Not reported |
6/04/2008 | Franz Graf | 62 | M | Austria (Aspang) | Crush | NAT Prelim | Yes | Horse hung a foreleg at fence (table) and somersaulted over onto rider (source: internet). | Last |
20/04/2008 | Karen Rodgers | 41 | F | Ireland (Ballindenisk) | Crush | NAT Advanced | Yes | Horse fell at fence (water) and landed on rider (source: internet). | Second last |
9/08/2008 | Emma Jonathan | 23 | F | England (Hartpury) | Crush | FEI CCI ** | Yes | Horse struck fence and flipped vertically, landing on rider (source: internet) | #19 |
30/09/2008 | Debbie Atkinson | unknown | F | USA (Kentucky) | Not reported | NAT Intermediate | Not reported | 'Fell at an intermediate cross-country fence on 2/9/2006. Rider died 2 years later, 30/9/2008 (source: internet) | Not reported |
15/08/2008 | Stephen Moore | 45 | M | Ireland (Antrim) | Not reported | Unknown | Not reported | Fell at event 2 August 2008, suffered injuries, discharged from hospital, died of unknown causes. Twin brother Sam died at Blenheim in 1997 (source: internet) | Not reported |
30/10/2008 | Jade South | 15 | F | England (Redmarley) | Crush | Pony Club | Yes | Horse hesitated at fence, rider pushed on. Horse hit portable fence with front legs, fence lifted 10" off the ground, horse somersaulted over fence with rider still in the saddle. Landed on top of rider (source: internet). | Not reported |
26/04/2009 | Ian Olding | 47 | M | England (Belton) | Crush | NAT Advanced | Yes | Rotational fall at table element of combination, horse landed on rider (source: internet) | #13, halfway |
18/03/2010 | Dirk Grouwels | 48 | M | Belgium (Zutendaal) | Probably crush, as rider was killed instantly after horse somersaulted. | NAT Possibly unaffiliated event | Yes | Horse refused at first part of combination, rider insisted and the horse somersaulted over the fence and landed on rider (source: internet). | Not reported |
24/05/2010 | Elena Timonona | 15 | F | Russia (Krasny Voskhod) | Crush | NAT CNC * | Yes | Rotational fall at an upright fence. YouTube video shows horse failed to lift front legs, went straight over the fence and landed fully on rider. Rider does not move after fall. Horse trotted away (source: YouTube, internet) | #16 |
14/09/2010 | Robin Donaldson | 64 | M | England (Beckwithshaw) | Landed on his head | NAT BE100 (pre-novice) | No | Horse straddled a fence and rider fell over her neck and landed on his head. Fell on 21 August 2010, died 14 September 2010 (source: internet). | Not reported |
18/09/2010 | Sebastian Steiner | 22 | M | Italy (Montelibretti) | Not reported | FEI CCI *** | Not reported | No information available | 10C (or 11) |
2/03/2013 | Bruno Bouvier | 60 | M | Portugal (Barocca d’Alva) | Not reported | FEI CIC ** | Yes | Rotational fall at fence. Horse trod on its own shoe and tripped into brush arrowhead fence, landed on rider (source: internet) | #5 arrowhead |
19/08/2013 | Tom Gadsby | 26 | M | UK (Somerford Park) | Crush | FEI CIC * | Yes | Rotational horse fall at fence, table type, landed on rider (source: internet) | #4B table |
14/06/2014 | Jordan McDonald | 30 | M | England (Nunney) | Crush | NAT Novice | Yes | Rotational horse fall, landed on rider “The horse struck the jump with its front legs and slowly rotated across the jump and on to the other side, throwing its rider, Jordan McDonald, to the ground and landing full square on top of him.” (Coroner’s report) (source: horseandhound.co.uk).Coroner found that body protector did not meet British Eventing’s standard (source: internet). | #7a |
14/06/2014 | Benjamin Winter | 25 | M | Germany (Luhmühlen) | Crush | FEI CCI **** | Yes | Rotational horse fall at fence 20 (second ride in class), landed on rider (source: internet) | #20 Table |
12/11/2014 | Guillaume Pucci | 28 | M | France (Le Pouget) | Fell from horse | FEI CIC ** | Not reported | Fell 12/11/2014, Died 14/6/2015, after being in a medically induced coma since the fall.(source: horsetalk.co.nz) | #8 |
14/02/2015 | Francisco Seabra | 30 | M | Spain (Seville) | Not reported | FEI CIC ** | Not reported | Horse and rider fall (source: internet) | #10C 3rd element of water complex |
12/04/2015 | Sabrina Manganaro | 25 | F | Italy (Cuceglio) | Fall when horse fell. Possible kick from horse. | NAT Level 3 (equivalent to Preliminary) | Yes | Rotational horse fall. Horse apparently underestimated the size of the fence and fell (source: internet) | #13 “Skinny“ sloping log fence |