scone.com.auOlivia’s Lasting Legacy
OLIVIA Inglis passed away last year after an accident at the Scone Horse Trials.
At this year’s event on the weekend a minutes silence was observed remember Olivia and the Olivia Inglis Foundation, initiated by the Scone Horse Trials committee has already raised more than $160,000.
Blair Richardson, president of the Olivia Inglis Foundation and president of the Scone Horse Trials announced the introduction of a new safety initiative, Mim Pins a Swedish product designed by engineers who have worked with BMW and Audi, which will let a rail give way if it is struck during an event.
The MIMS Clips installed at the Scone Horse Trials.
“The Foundation has started to fund safety clips that go on some types of cross country jumps, they are made in Sweden and we had them imported to Scone,” said Mr Richardson.
“It is rigged on a certain amount of pressure and then it will give way to allow the horse to keep running instead of the solid fence stopping the horse and toppling on top of a rider,” he said.
“The Olivia Inglis foundation is starting to roll, it was announced at Scone because it was the anniversary of Olivia’s tragic accident, over the next few months we will be importing these clips and starting to roll them out in NSW,” he said.
“The Foundation is buying those clips and giving them to other clubs in New South Wales to start with and as this continues and we generate more money, we will slowly go into other states looking at supporting safety within the sport being extremely helpful to event organisers and committees,” Blair Richardson said.
Donate to the Olivia Ingils Foundation.
This weekend a Run for Olivia event will be held in Scone, with funds going to the Foundation.
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