A former Team GB rower and Army captain died after being thrown from her horse when it was spooked and started running out of control at an estimated 35mph, an inquest has heard. Tanya Brady was described by her family as an "amazing individual who strived for perfection".
She died at the scene of the accident in Liss, Hampshire, on April 28 despite efforts by the emergency services to save her. The Winchester inquest heard that the 49-year-old, from Liphook, was riding her horse when a scaffolder working nearby saw the animal acting "erratically".
The witness said: "The female rider took to the grass with her horse and the horse gathered speed. I estimate it got to 35mph across the green with the female rider screaming as she tried to get control of the horse. She was ejected from the horse, I heard a crack as she fell."
