Overview

• The inquest heard that Jasper, the horse Mr. Avis was riding, refused a fence, causing him to go over the horse’s head and land head-first.
• Witness Hannah Goffe began CPR as others called 999, and paramedics later confirmed his death at 2:50 p.m.
• Mr. Avis was participating in a Heythrop Hunt trail event near Stow-on-the-Wold with about 90 other riders.
• A health-and-safety report stated he was an experienced rider on his own horse using his own tack.
• Community tributes from the Heythrop Hunt, the British Hound Sports Association and Giffords Circus noted his decades of involvement, and his funeral took place on December 10, 2024.