Mum's death sparks horse-riding awareness campaign | ABC News

When people remember Leah Smith, it is as an outgoing and vivacious woman with a deep love for horses.
A wife and a mother to two young men in their mid-20s, Leah was heavily involved in her local community of Sarina in north Queensland.
This year she would have turned 50, but a disease that took her from her family just a few months shy of her milestone birthday.
Phil Smith looked to an old quirk of Leah's for inspiration to establish a new event that would raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos.
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