32-year-old Jennifer (Jeffie) Chapin has suffered a fatal accident whilst competing at the Green Mountain Horse Association’s Festival of Eventing in the USA
The USEA has published the following statement
“It is with the deepest regret that the GMHA Organizing Committee announces that Ms. Jennifer Chapin suffered a fatal accident while competing at the Green Mountain Horse Association’s Festival of Eventing in South Woodstock, Vermont on August 11, 2019.
Chapin, aged 32, from Wenham, Massachusetts, and her horse, Joinem, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Johar x Keemon), suffered a rotational fall in the cross-country warm-up. Chapin was transported to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries. Joinem was reported to be uninjured
The USEA sends its sincerest condolences to Chapin's family, friends, and connections.”
The tragic accident follows the death of two eventing riders in July; Clare Bedford in Britain and Ashley Stout in the USA
In Australia the Coronial Inquest into the eventing deaths of Caitlyn Fischer and Olivia Inglis in 2016 completed last month with findings to be released in October
