A mother-of-two and horse enthusiast has died after a fall from a horse in North Canterbury.
Nicola Pellett, 47, died as a result of an accident on August 11.
Fairfax reported the death was as a result of a fall from a horse at North Canterbury's Mandeville sports grounds, near her Swannanoa home.
She has been remembered as a "dearly loved wife... and devoted mother" to two sons.
Another death notice said "I hope you are riding magnificent horses in the clouds above us."