Speaking outside the NSW Coroners Court after the findings of the inquest into their deaths were delivered,Ms Fischer's mother,Ailsa Carr,said the evidence in the inquiry had shown other countries such as the United Kingdom were more advanced in safety than in Australia.
"Prior to Olivia and Caitlyn’s deaths,I don’t know that Equestrian Australia[the sport's peak body] was as focused on safety and risk mitigation as what it could’ve been,"Ms Carr said on Friday.
"I almost feel like we were apathetic here in Australia,and its taken the death of two beautiful girls to actually,hopefully move us to somewhere were we can look at making a real change in this world."
Ms Fischer's father,Mark Fischer,said the onus was now on Equestrian Australia to take on all of the recommendations handed down by Deputy State Coroner Derek Lee"as their platform"from which to boost safety standards.
"We don’t want any parent to ever have to go through what we went through. It's just a journey that was just nothing but painful,"Mr Fischer said.
Ms Fischer died of head injuries after the horse she was riding fell over a jump at the Sydney International Horse Trials in Horsley Park on April 30,2016. Olivia died on March 6,2016,after her horse missed his stride and hit a jump two minutes into the cross-country event at the Scone Horse Trials in the Upper Hunter region.