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Dressage Rider Abigail Garside, 30, Found Dead in Harrogate After Anniversary Stay

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

Overview

  • A woman's body was discovered shortly after 6:15am on August 18 in the gardens on Montpellier Hill in central Harrogate, and police set up a cordon to examine the scene.
  • Garside had posted photos the previous day celebrating her first wedding anniversary with her husband at the Rudding Park resort in Harrogate.
  • North Yorkshire Police said they currently do not believe there are suspicious circumstances and will submit a report to the coroner.
  • An inquest is scheduled to open at North Yorkshire Coroner's Court on September 11, and a funeral service is planned for September 2 with a horse-drawn carriage procession.
  • Tributes from the equestrian community note her 2019 Horse of the Year Show win, and a memorial fundraising page is raising money for Mind and The Dog's Trust.