Jon Doney, one of the world’s top jumping officials, has died in hospital in Great Britain after a short illness. He was 71.

Jon was born in 1949 in Stroud in Gloucestershire, GBR. He started riding at an early age and was a regular riding out with the Duke of Beaufort Foxhounds, but his interest in and subsequent love for the jumping discipline came initially from his older sister.

His multiple roles included as show organizer and judge at the national level before he became an FEI official, going on to officiate at the world’s most respected events, including at iconic venues such as Barcelona, Aachen, Verona, Rome, Dublin and London Olympia.

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