The funeral of 15-year-old horse rider Tiggy Hancock, who died following an accident throughout a coaching session at a Dublin equestrian centre earlier this week, will happen on Monday.
And as a mark of respect to the younger rider, the board of Eventing Eire has known as off dressage checks that have been because of happen in Co Tipperary this weekend. The organisation requested that individuals put on yellow, Tiggy’s favorite color, to imminent occasions.
Tributes have poured in for the proficient occasion rider from Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, who had been destined for a “large future” in eventing.
The chief government of Horse Sport Eire (HSI), Joe Reynolds, mentioned the accident occurred throughout a coaching session at Greenogue Equestrian for pony eventers organised by HSI forward of a championship. Tiggy was “shaping up so effectively” and she or he had a “large future in entrance of her”, he mentioned.
“She was competent, assured, and in addition, it’s massively necessary, she was effectively appreciated by her friends, the trainers, by everyone that interacted along with her,” he mentioned.
The Irish Pony Society mentioned its members have been “shocked and saddened” to listen to of the premature demise of a beloved member. Tiggy was an “distinctive and proficient younger rider who was an inspiration and was seemed as much as by so lots of our members”, the society mentioned in an announcement. {The teenager}’s driving accomplishments are “effectively documented” in Eire and in Britain, and she is going to at all times be remembered for her “radiant smile, her gratitude and laughter in victory and defeat”, it added.
‘Deeply saddened’
Showjumping Eire’s Leinster department famous that the “total equestrian neighborhood are deeply saddened on the lack of such a promising younger particular person”.
“We provide our assist to the household on this time of maximum disappointment however we’re certain that the numerous comfortable reminiscences of this younger woman and her achievements will assist give energy to these near her,” the organisation mentioned.
The tributes additionally got here from throughout the Irish Sea, the place Tiggy was a notable competitor. The British Present Pony Society mentioned it was very unhappy to listen to in regards to the lack of “one in all our most proficient junior riders”. The organisation described her as “distinctive and proficient” in her sport and a youngster who was “a lot cherished and admired” amongst opponents.
Tiggy is survived by her dad and mom Frank and Jane and sisters Eliza and Lucy, in addition to many family members and associates within the equestrian neighborhood and past.