THE tragic death of 15-year-old Tiggy Hancock following a fall at pony team training in June rocked not only the eventing community but the horse world in general, in Ireland and further afield.

Tiggy had featured in these pages through her performances in showing, schools show jumping and Irish Pony Club activities before she began competing with EI. Some of the highlights of her career were her British Show Pony Society Gold Cup wins and her team bronze at the 2019 European pony championships in Poland.