The gelding was competing in the CCI4*-S class when the accident happened while going across country
Hendrix, owned and ridden by Holly Needham, has been put down after a fatal accident today (13 June) at Bicton Horse Trials, supported by Chedington.
The nine-year-old gelding (pictured prior to the incident) was competing in the CCI4*-S class when the accident happened while going across country.
A statement released by Bicton this afternoon said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Hendrix, a nine-year-old chestnut gelding, ridden and owned by Holly Needham, was humanely euthanised by the vet as a result of a fatal accident at fence number 15, a roll top, while competing in the CCI4*-S at the Bicton International Horse Trials in Devon on Sunday 13 June 2021. Holly Needham was uninjured in the incident.”