‘Up-And-Coming’ Equestrian Rider, 15, Killed In Florida Pageant Coincidence

A fifteen-year-old equestrian rider died after the pony she used to be driving tripped, threw her to the bottom after which landed on her head right through a contest in Venice, Florida, on the weekend.

Hannah Serfass used to be taken to Sarasota Memorial Health center following the horror twist of fate on the Fox Lea Farm Spring Concours I on Sunday. She used to be pronounced useless, reported the Sarasota Usher in-Tribune.

The U.S. Equestrian Federation paid tribute to Serfass as “an overly proficient up-and-coming rider” with a “interest for horses,” a “herbal talent” and a difficult paintings ethic.

“The USEF, USHJA, and Fox Lea Farm workforce want to prolong our inner most condolences to Hannah’s circle of relatives, fortify workforce, and pals,” the USEF stated in a remark shared on-line.

The autumn “used to be unrelated to a leaping effort,” the federation famous, including it could overview the incident “completely to be informed what we will be able to do to attenuate possibility and build up protection in equestrian game.”

The pony, a 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding known as Quaxx, used to be now not injured.