Woman found dead at The Hand Equestrian Centre
A woman has been found dead at The Hand Equestrian Centre in North Somerset.
Police told H&H the body of a woman, believed to be in her 50s, was found at the show centre in Davis Lane, Clevedon on yesterday (Sunday 18 March).
“We received a call at 10.15am that a body had been found and attended the scene,” said a spokesman for Avon and Somerset police.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and has been referred to a coroner.”
The woman has not yet been named but is thought to have been a groom who was working for one of the riders at the Premier Show.
The Hand declined to comment to H&H.
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.