Kent Police have confirmed that the body of a 53-year-old woman was discovered in a field in Darenth Wood Road, near to Darent Valley Hospital, in Dartford, Kent, at about 10am on Friday.
A spokesman for Kent Police said: "It is believed that a stallion in the field where the body was found may have caused her death".
The woman, from Gravesend in Kent, was a patient at the nearby hospital who had been advised by doctors to take a walk.
Kent Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious and Duty Inspector Roy Kingston said the stallion has not yet been put down following the incident.
He added: 'If an animal was extremely dangerous there may be grounds for putting it down but I'm going into speculation.'
Kent Police are now preparing a report for the coroner who will make a ruling on the cause of death.
Was likely that the horse belongs to gypsies. It is said to have launched at the woman as she walked through the field.
Her mauled body is believed to have been found five hours after the brutal attack with the horse still standing over her.
Police were thought to be trying last night to find out whether the shocking incident was captured on hospital CCTV.
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