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Dressage Rider, 30, Found Dead in Harrogate Hours After Anniversary Celebration

Police are not treating the case as suspicious pending an inquest on September 11.

Overview

  • Her body was discovered shortly after 6:15am on August 18 in public gardens on Montpellier Hill in central Harrogate.
  • North Yorkshire Police say there are no suspicious circumstances, and an inquest at North Yorkshire Coroner's Court is scheduled for September 11.
  • Coverage reports the couple had secured visas and prepared to relocate to Australia in October after listing their Lancashire home for rent.
  • A funeral is planned for September 2, including a horse-drawn carriage procession from her Blackburn home to a nearby church.
  • Tributes from the equestrian community note her 2019 Horse of the Year Show win, as a memorial page raises funds for Mind and Dogs Trust.