Another young event rider loses their life

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Taken from H&Honline:

Another event rider's life has been claimed in a rotational fall.

The latest fatality occurred at a two-star competition at the Swedish venue of Bollnas last Saturday (21 July). The rider, 19-year-old Elin Stalberg, fell three from home.

Swedish Equestrian Federation spokesman Lotta Amnestål told H&H what happened.

She said: "Elin's horse somersaulted over the last fence in a combination. Elin was taken to hospital, but died later."

It is understood that the obstacle in question was a corner fence of no more than 1.15m in height.

Ms Amnestål said an investigation would be carried out.

But she added: "No other riders had a problem with the fence and the ground was fine."

Such a shame
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I do feel for everyone concerned and at times like this am quite thankful much eventing is cancelled as it means all those i know and love are safe, for the moment at least!
 
RIP Elin. She died doing something she loved but so young. What a tragic shame...very sad. my heart goes out to her famiy and friends
 
I'm an "old lady" of 52 who started riding in 1963. My 18 year old daughter, who has been riding for 14 years, was described by her Pony Club DC a couple of years ago as "supremely confident".....that was before the horrors of 2006 when the simple pain in her knee turned out to be osteosarcoma, an adolescent bone cancer. She bravely shaved off her beloved hair rather than lose it to chemo, giving away her equally beloved GHD hair straighteners to a good friend. The orthopaedic surgeon didn't want her to ride competitively ever again, and she was told that in any event, following surgery on 5th August 2006, when 12 inches of bone was removed from her leg and replaced with a titanium rod, that she could not ride until May 2007. Also, prior surgery, she told me she would be hunting by Boxing Day....I bumped into one of our Joint Master with his wife in Waitrose and told them of her aim to be out on Boxing Day, adding that I thought this was a bit too much...."She must aim for the stars" said our Joint Master...October 2006 she was back on her outgrown 14.1hh, and a few weeks later, she was on her ex-point-to-pointer - and jumped a ditch! She was very poorly over Christmas, having had seven months of chemo, and her blood results were grim. However, She made it to the Boxing Day Meet and hunted for a short while before her pony became too strong (this was the 14.1hh outgrown one!). We're now on the mend; a slight limp and short, curly hair is all she has to show for last year - and the extra weight she's desperate to lose (she used to be 5'9 and slim - now thanks to the steroids, she 5'9 and chunky!)....so why am I replying to a post about an event rider's fall??? Well, after all she's been through, she is keen to pre-novice event her new ex-point-to-pointer (we like racehorses! Never thought I'd have two of them at my age!). He's 7 years old, 17hh and a true gent. He's being schooled by a local event rider who has ridden at Badminton and Burghley and he looks great when she rides him. However........can anyone imagine how I feel when I read articles like the one I did in H&H last Thursday....young event rider dies in rotational fall....after all I've been through (and Em, too, of course)......her plans for the future fill me with dread! My heart goes out to the parents of that young rider and to "TURBOBERT" who posted above me.
 
What a brave girl your daughter is, and what a brave mum you are for letting her continue in a sport she loves so much yet is so dangerous. Huge admiration for both of you and I wish her all the success in the world - she deserves to follow her dream after all she has been through. Good luck to you all.
 
Thanks for your comments, Kibob. My daughter had an appointment at University College Hospital in London today where she was officially given the all clear (subject to regular scans, of course). Friends expect me to be celebrating, but I feel numb! She's brave, I'm not - I just worry like mad about her, knowing that I cannot stop her doing something she loves so much (couldn't legally stop her anyway now - she's 18!). Last week, whilst riding her "psycho mare" (as she affectionately calls her!) and I was riding her new ex-pointer, she decided to leave me and take Lizzie for a blast; when I reached home, she was standing by the roadside with a broken stirrup leather in her hand.........a four month old English stirrup leather had broken at a flat out gallop! It had broken on the side of her "good" leg, which meant she had to take all the weight on her "bad" leg. Luckily, she stayed aboard and was unscathed.........what I'm trying to say is that even if she didn't compete pre-novice, she could have had a potentially horrific fall on a hack! Luckily, no harm done, but life for me will never be the same!
 
What an inspirational story of courage of both yourself and your daughter Em.

It really has choked me up. When you come so close to losing your life, I guess you feel you have to live every day to the full and not take the gift of life for granted. As a mother myself, I'm sure I would also view her life as precious in the extreme now after all she's been through and would equally as anxious as you at the thought of her pursuing a more gung-ho form of riding.

I wish her and yourself all the luck in the world for your futures....her in her eventing and you for the stress you'll endure on the sidelines watching her.

Great news that she got the all clear today.
 
It goes on...
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There are two more deaths to mourn. Both happened in Germany near Hamburg. One last Sunday and the other one just this afternoon. Both riders were very experienced competing in cross country events.

There are too many... . What is happening??
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It goes on...
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There are two more deaths to mourn. Both happened in Germany near Hamburg. One last Sunday and the other one just this afternoon. Both riders were very experienced competing in cross country events.

There are too many... . What is happening??
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Good god!
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How awful.
 
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It goes on...
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There are two more deaths to mourn. Both happened in Germany near Hamburg. One last Sunday and the other one just this afternoon. Both riders were very experienced competing in cross country events.

There are too many... . What is happening??
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Oh heck
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