Fatal accident with ex racehorse

erins isle · Postby **erins isle** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:15 am

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/315433.html

Please read this story, this is serious. I do hope that people still will take ex racehorses for recreation.
On the other side there are also be accidents with ridinghorses. This story gives the thoroughbred a bad name.

KBEquine · Postby **KBEquine** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:27 am

To me the article shows a coroner who made a seriously un-scientific leap while trying to connect facts.

The coroner's equation:

Finding woman on back in road with skull-fracture = temperament issue with the ex-racehorse she was riding.

Just as likely scenario: Finding woman on back in road with skull-fracture = bad driver spooked horse, or rider made judgment error, or any one of dozens of unfortunate scenarios.

But to go directly to a generalization of the racehorse temperament would make me question the judgment of that particular coroner . . .

erhrdt3 · Postby **erhrdt3** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:17 am

That's ridiculous. I'm sorry the lady died, of course.

One of our favorite riding horses we owned was a black Morgan mare. Totally a gentle mare that I could ride when I was a child by myself. Yet when my mom and I would go trail riding, she on the Morgan, and me on my small horse, there are different scenes and items they come across. I remember one time we were walking past a farm and we did not not a cow was standing next to a barn we were passing, and that Morgan mare suddenly saw that cow and literally went horizontal with my Mom on her back! Luckily nothing happened but it just goes to show it can happen upon any horse, anywhere you go. Any horse will get "spooked" at times.

Sylvie Hebert · Postby **Sylvie Hebert** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:29 pm

They don't even know if she falled or jump off, how can they say the horse bolted???? Pure prejudiced speculation.

ratherrapid · Postby **ratherrapid** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:06 pm

They have helmets with the new SnellE001 standard that might have prevented this, though who knows. Horse safety equipment like many things horse has a ways to go, unfortunately for this lady.

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:47 pm

A riding hat might not be much of a crash helmet - they say you should get a new one every three years no matter what.