An Austrian event rider has died in a fall during a training session with her coach.
Irene Dempsey, aged 30, was cross-country schooling with her instructor Harald Siegl at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt when she fell from her horse, Last Girl Standing on 21 September.
They reportedly suffered a rotational fall and Mrs Dempsey broke her neck. The horse was uninjured.
The pair had competed at the same venue just 10 days before, at the Austrian National CIC** championships (9-11 September).
The Austrian Eventing Federation has set up a fund to support Mrs Dempsey’s seven-year-old daughter, whose father is also dead.
