This is the first picture of a nine-year-old girl who died after being kicked by a horse has been named as Bonnie Armitage.
A spokesman for the Miserden Park Estate said Bonnie died after she was kicked in the chest by another horse.
An air ambulance and other emergency services rushed to the scene of the accident in a field outside the picturesque village.
Bonnie attended St Hugh's preparatory school in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, where her father Nick Armitage, 40, is a deputy head and housemaster.
Her mum Polly is a professional renaissance flute player whose father Reverend Canon Andrew Bowden retired in 2008 after serving the Cotswolds for more than 30 years.
The year five pupil, whose full name is Bonamie Elena Miriam, also played the violin and was keen hockey player and cross-country runner at the school where her father also teaches the sports teams.
Bonnie was the younger sister of brother Zach, aged 11, who is also pupil at same school, and elder sister of Mamie, aged four.
Mr Armitage worked in advertising before retraining as a teacher at Cambridge University.
He taught at Beaudesert School in Minchinhampton, Glos., for eight years before joining St Hugh's in 2014.
The co-educational prep school costs up to £5,960 a term and has 300 pupils.
Speaking from the office of the sprawling estate, which owns many of the houses in the village, the spokesman said: "The Cotswold Hunt were meeting here for the last meet of the season.
"They met in the morning and went off to do whatever.
"She was on a horse at the time. It wasn't the horse that got kicked, it was her.
"All I know is the girl was knocked in the chest by another horse and the air ambulance came.
"There were a lot of people there. The last hunt of the season attracts a lot of people. It would have been 30 or 40 people.
"I don't know if there is going to be a memorial service.
"It's just a tragic accident. It's unfortunate. These things happen with horses.
"It's just a tragic accident. It's unfortunate. These things happen with horses.
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