Tragedy has struck at a horse trials event after British rider Sarah Yorke, 37, died following a fall during the competition.
The heartbreaking accident happened yesterday at Aston-le-Walls Horse Trials in the village of the same name in Northamptonshire.
The athlete fell at the third fence in the showjumping part of the eventing contest, a multi-stage equestrian sport which also has cross-country and dressage elements.
British Eventing (BE) said medical professionals 'immediately' attended after the primary school teacher and mother to a seven-year-old girl fell.
But they said: 'Tragically, she could not be saved.
