Worst Horse Racing Accident I've ever seen 

I agree, trying to mess with an upset Thoroughbred and go back and help would have been insane. I saw this before someway, it's like a freeway on ice.

Horses can be stopped on the the dime.... But it's not the jockeys job to stop he needs to win the race

also stopping a racehorse on a dime is not an easy thing to do mid-race!

No, they cannot. You try doing that when you have a large animal running at full speed. Can't do it, so quit being stupid.

Chane Kawaihae To stop on a dime at the speed they reach within a few steps from the starting gates will break their legs... Even a normal horse can't stop on a dime at around 40 mph and race horses have long skinny legs which will snap like twigs with that amout of pressure.

And all the humans were born to be idiots.

Detka Maybe those in your family...

They are trained to run on a racetrack. My horses like to run too but they don't just run because they see a racetrack... it 's learned behaviour: they have to run there.

@@hernantorres9267 DANG- That was a good one! 💀

Yea

charlie true that

Yeah, and it was pretty clear that the horses that fell but got up couldn't really see where they were going. There was at least two close calls of them almost running into either each other or something else towards the end.

Rinor if you care so much about our comments why don’t you fuck the comment section and have children with it? :)

Rinor I hate humans because of how incapable of actual caring for each other they are. At least when I’m with an animal I can create a bond without ever thinking twice about them disliking me. They bond in a way humans clearly can’t.

A well prepared muddy track is just as safe as a regular one. The horse that caused the chain reaction broke its leg which happens on both dry and wet dirt.

Kayleigh Westmoreland it makes the race less fast so less accidents and because its kinda soft (well softer than other racetracks) the pain would be less if they fall down

Kayleigh Westmoreland that's not the reason why they fell lol. Some horses actually love running in the mud. Stop running your mouth when you don't know anything about it.

Farzana Ramazan and you're not fully correct either.

That they love running in the mud at an incredibly high speed while being rushed by their riders, does not mean they can't slip and fall.

Kayleigh Westmoreland no it’s not. That’s why one of the ratings for a horse racing track is sloppy.

DeShawn 'Dawg' BNBG yes that is a bad name

Lil Pump would...

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂you made my day

Beastiality was probably involved.

Yolo Swaggins Definitely*

Aww that's so sweet

How many times did you fall off to figure that out!

My mare can’t decide if she likes me or not, if she bucked me off cause I did something dumb she’ll usually stick around, but if I fall off randomly she just nopes out of there. She gets scared easy lol

@@sadieadler3065 Make her your friend. Make sure she knows you'll protect her too. Spend more time with her. Whisper chat helps with all animals. Animals have much better hearing than us so accommodate and appreciate that. She will respond well as do all. Use whisper chat instead of anti-spook tongue clicking. Tongue click is mostly for use with newer animals but for familiars, establish dialog and vocabulary. Ask them questions too, with up-tone as if you were asking a question. Many years with animals. Spent a lot of time around horses through friends and happenstances. Though they didn't know me real well, bonds were made quickly. I treated them like a person/pet/friend/gift because they are. But they are also an entity that can kill you with 1 kick, which is where situational awareness, threat assessment, reaction ability at all times and other trainings not quite on topic. Respect and health to you, and for you to give to your horse. The rest will follow. If you read, go read out by her for a while. When she eats, you bring a meal and eat with her (perhaps make yourself a meal that won't harm her/them if you share some as a treat). You ask to ride her ? Give her your time and as much heaven as possible in return. Ask her if she wants to "ride today" or not; like people, they can be in a bad mood or sad, or injured or just wants to sun bathe or be groomed. Ask her what she/they want. I'm not a boss, I'm not an expert, but I do boast I am a master student and animals are one of my greatest respects for reasons also not on topic. Hope this helps. When it does, share the ideals with all you know and care about. Anyone can reply and I will respond. Cheers.

@@jimthompson8947 We’re getting there :). When I first rode her someone crackled a plastic bottle and she absolutely FREAKED. The other week she stepped on a plastic bottle and she was fine, didn’t even bat an eye. She’s gotten heaps better at being less spooky and we’re still making progress and I think she’s starting to trust me a little more..

+Molly Daniel Races are routinely held in mud/slop. For safety reasons, races will be cancelled for icy conditions, and possibly for severe thunderstorms. But not for rain or slop. Actually, a yielding/deep track is less likely to hurt a horse than a hard, dry, unyielding track. Some horses actually do better in mud, and some sloppy tracks are fast. When running on a sloppy tracks, many horses are fitted with mud caulks, pieces that stick out from the shoe in order to give a better grip, similar to treads on shoes.

Oh okay, I didn't know that. Thanks:)

marysueeasteregg Thenks

They only care about the money

@@marysueeasteregg less likely to hurt when falling.. More likely to fall.

Samantha Nickerson All ponies walked off the track unhurt. You can see them running towards the end of the video

@@meganproffitt424 no if you read the bio, the horse that broke down didn't survive but all the other horses walked off the track.

Why do you guys only care about the horses? Did the people die

Guy died

⁠​⁠@@meganproffitt424 They’re horses, not ponies, and you can’t see all the horses that broke down. Not only that, the horses that are running could easily still have injuries that would lead to them being put down. They’re herding animals with a thing called “herd instinct”. If they see other horses running, they’ll start running, too-even if they’re in pain.

I agree with you about the use of the English language. I have found that in this day and age, especially young adults, lack a strong educational background. Teachers today don't teach like they used to. It's all about "hurry and finish and move on to the lesson". Sad

Agree 100%. Then they attack those who do know what they are talking about. It's like have you worked with these horses on and off track. Nope then zip it cause I have lol

Agreed. They've clearly only ridden their hobby horses as kids -

Andrew Dion I know that's the sad part

As usual money is brought into the explanation for this abuse with no care for the horses.

Black butterfly (and Kelsie B) As I and others have tried to explain in comments here, the safest thing the still-mounted jockey can do for himself and his horse -- and the fallen horses and jockeys -- is to GET AWAY from the spill and from any loose horses. Finishing out the race has far more to do safety than it does with money: even if it was obvious a horse would be finishing far out of the money, no jockey would be pulling up to try to help fallen comrades. Outriders on calm horses, and human and horse ambulances, are on site to help the injured. As to Black butterfly's related point: jockeys are the most underpaid of professional athletes. Only a small fraction earn six- or seven figure incomes. This was an allowance (meaning 2nd tier) race at a bush league track. Not a stakes race, in which owners put up money to compete. The total purse here was $28,000. That's not $28,000 to the winner; it's the *total* purse, distributed among a varying number, depending on the race/track/state, of entries. A common distribution system would allot 60% to the winner. Sixty percent of $28,000 is $16,800. A jockey gets 10% of his/her mount's first-place earnings, and a smaller percentage, I believe, of its other earnings. So the winning jockey here won about $1,680. Though most races these days pay out well beyond fourth place, no other horse finished this race, so every other jockey here got -- nothing. Normally, second place probably would have gotten about 18% of the total purse. Top jockeys, most of whom ride in New York or California, can become multimillionaires, and some who fall short of that still make a very good living. But most jockeys -- certainly most jockeys riding at a minor track like Charlestown -- work in obscurity, risking life and limb for earnings that will never make them wealthy.

ya i know most people who dont have horses acts like they know alot. In one of the clips i saw one horse got up and was about to run after miss fifty

The horses aren't trained for anything... Fed insane amount of grain.. Raced too young and too fast. If they were actually trained right.....theu would not be raced at 2 or 3.

If you know horses at all you would realize that they run because they are flight animals and are running from danger. They will naturally flee and go as fast as possible. Thoroughbreds are bred to be able to run but are not doing it for fun. Man is tapping into the fear and using it for their own gain as usual!

When horses race around the field, they are not running from fear! I have seen a group of horses after a rain, run to get warmed up. If you train a horse kindly they will run their hearts out for you. If you hit them too hard, they quit going to the front, so you would be losing one way or the other.

AceOfSpades 'N' Eye 16 RIGHT?! sometimes all u can do is holler 'OUTRIDER!!!!'

Running out of fear?? Clueless idiot, lol. You know as much about horses as the little fishes swimming around in my left nut, ha!

You are stupid

Oakleaf700 Makes the race less fast, meaning less incidents, and also the ground is softer, so accidents are less severe,

You say that..

Your comment brought me to tears. That’s extremely heartbreaking. I never thought about how attached a jockey could get to their horse. I don’t know why because it should be obvious, but I can imagine how emotionally painful that would be to see your teammate, basically dying. You work so hard together, know each other so well..then that occurs.

That happened with barbaro and my favorite jockey of all time edgar prado.

Yes, it was definitely Ruffian. The match race between her and Foolish Pleasure. They repaired her leg but she kicked out while coming out of anesthesia and re-broke the leg, so she was euthanized.

Ingysket I think it's impossible with that speed :/

I highly doubt it. Wouldn’t be surprised if several horses needed to be put down.

Mazokki every horse in the accident needed put down

Mazokki glad to tell you the first horse died

Seems like 4 horses made it to the finish line with out riders.

@Leeroy Smith not just shallow but full of shit in the head too.

The horses are probably fine. They are very hardy and strong creatures, the humans most likely could have been crushed to death and stampled.

Grace Lockhart yeah, but I don't care much for humans

Goldenheart ! Is it ? If you don't care about humans then don't care about your family

@@gracelockhart6040 um u don't know if the horse is in pain you can't just assume that they're okay because they have quote quote tough skin

Goldenheart ! So you don’t care about your life? 😂 Have you ever even fallen off a 1000+ animal? Honestly, I ADORE horses/animals, but humans are more important.

All the riders where okay except one that stayed in a hospital overnight and yes they did put that horse down

As a jockey I can tell you it's not love as much as instinct. Because in the paddock after morning exercises when they're happy with their grain they reluctant to go work 😄

Shoshii Not if the horse is hurt

Shoshii ummmm no mate... no

Never stop racing just because of one accident, people dedicate their lives to this lovely sport

Sammy Eagleson lovely? Smh. Have you done any research you horse abuse virgin lmao

Clippy Edits leave me alone vegan, you people are depressing as fuck, and this sport is lovely :)

You bring up an interesting point. Jocks have the option to not race if they know for sure the track is dangerous for rider and horses. The most part the grounds crew make sure the track is safe regardless of condition.

Memory - no it’s not these horse literally love to run. That’s why when the riders fall off some keep running

K C one died I think

They all died Haha dumbasses dont know how to ride

Adan Corona yo ass don’t know how to ride either, could had just been a slip up with a horse, they know how to ride and at least they can do it better than you ;)

@Mr. Meme eat shit

@@choco2464 I can do it better than you that's for sure

Der Ruffian my comment was how nice her natural movement is. Glad to hear of her off track success.

not ANY, but close

Cats don't really have great stamina, so depending on the race horse's training, he may be able to outdistance a lion. However, a lion pride will run their prey down in a relay. (Jan Griffiths).

Fastest race horses went 55 mph lion flat out can do almost 50. Average race horses around 45. The horses would beat the lions in stamina

Same, I think they did though

+SuperFishBoy - Minecraft PE And More! disgusting💔💔💔

The lead horse who broke down first died....all the rest had minor injuries

ITS NOT ABOUT THE FUCKING HORSES

KTA P yea that is good it’s about both

CleanMusicHD yep, but it's the massive amount of horses sent to the slaughter house because the industry breeds way too many horses that makes it truly evil.

CleanMusicHD ikr and I still don't understand why a game involving a group of people kicking spheres would be so popular, clicking circles to beat is way better in my opinion

CleanMusicHD The reason why this still exists is because people bet on these sports, it is true that money is the root of all evil. I honestly think they should bet on human sports, like football or something

Caroline Nawracaj money is not the root of all evil, the LOVE of money is the root of all evil. But if you want to get technical, money is part of the problem.

Marcii Tapper True that money helps stabilize an economy, but sometimes people get way to materialistic.

Are you related to the Aussie Cairns?

+allisonclaire Only 3 of the 7 jockeys went to the hospital with very minor injures. None of the jockeys suffered any broken bones. The only horse that was euthanized was Sharp Beauty, the horse in the lead that fell and caused the pile up. The other horses suffered some bruises, muscle strain, and cuts but none were life-threatening. This includes Miss Fifty, the horse that stayed up, she received some deep cuts on her legs which required stitches but was otherwise fine and returned to racing 5 months later.

Thank God none of 7 jockeys suffered any broken bone! Greetings from Venezuela

+Dick Hertz wtf is your problem

You know freak accidents can also happen on dry tracks.

A well prepared muddy track is just as safe as a regular one. The horse that caused the chain reaction broke its leg which happens on both dry and wet dirt.

As Kaya Rose says, a well prepared muddy track is just as safe as a dry track. The tracks most disposed to breakdowns, actually, are very dry, hard ones with no cushion. Tracks are designed so that they can be very sloppy on top while still having a solid surface underneath -- racing on a sloppy track is not similar to horses running in a super-muddy paddock. And the horses can run with mud caulks, special shoes with knobs, though there is disagreement about whether they are useful or not. Some think the special shoes changes the horses' gait in a potentially dangerous way. Horse races get cancelled for safety issues due to icy conditions (and lightning). Slop/mud is not a safety issue.

***** If that was the case there wouldn't be any need for you to sell it....... You do know no one ever falls for these scams right?

This is hardly the place to promote your system you insensitive bitch.

It's a bot you dumbass.

OMG IT IS NOT ABOUT THE HORSES ITS ABOUT THE ANIMALS

Horses are incredibly durable. Its amazing, such strong, fast animals. My only fear is if they broke their leg when they fell. A normal horse can withstand a tumble, but with multiple horses around

They weren't severly hurt if I remember correctly. Most riders had broken noses and stuff, only the rider of Sharp Beauty (the horse who fell first) got a few broken rips. It's been a while since I read that article, so don't quote me on that.

umm then go watch nascar not horse racing, it's just as dangerous as nascarXD

Seriously? All you care about is if the rider is okay? Those horses aren't some kind of metal machine that can be thrown away when wrecked. Those animals are more likely to get severely injured than the riders.

Emily Marie Horse deaths are nothing unusual in horseracing anymore. Plus, the only horse that was killed/euthanized in this accident was Sharp Beauty, the first horse that fell.

Emily Marie Any time you drive past a McDonald's you are looking at "severly injured" animals to meet your bodily need.

It didn't trip, its leg snapped.. (break down) If you want to be really disturbed, you can partially see the break down by slowing the speed down to .25 during almost the entirety of the 0:29, so you'd want to start at 0:28. You can see the body lower for the tiniest amount of time before collapsing, which happens because the horse is literally running on a stub.

Amen

except the horses always dies jockey never dies so you make no sence

+The Football Centre Errr yeah the jockeys can die you idiot! It's an incredibly high risk sport! Do you think many people would survive if the horse fell on them or if one of the other horses stepped on them, or if they fell badly and broke their neck? Also, the horses don't always die like you said.

+OneMoreMileAnHour it's higher risk from all accidents shown that horses are put down / due too injuries than jockeys die and they don't die cause they might just get injured LIKEWISE a horse expect they put the horse down for broken bones coz they don't want the hassle unlike a human .. i don't care there should be equality even with animals I don't care humans aren't superior we have just made are self superior

+The Football Centre Maybe horses are more likely to be put down because they're a much bigger animal than a human and the chance of them healing well enough to be sound again is unlikely, a lot less likely than with a human. It's also very difficult for a horse to be healed; if a horse breaks a leg or has a serious tendon injury it must be on box rest for a long, long time. Some horses don't cope in stables (my horse hates stables; he's claustrophobic) and therefore it's just not fair to put the horse through such a stressful time considering it may not fully recover anyway. Sometimes "tough love" is the best way I'm afraid.

No, it wasnt! You don't know what you're talking about!

I think you will find that you can bet on the races outside of the USA and the result stood as 'first past the post' with many of the bookmakers, and all of the bookmakers here in the UK paid out. That makes the sole finisher the "winner". I just found this as well..." the stewards refused to declare the race a no contest. All win/place/show money placed by bettors on all the other horses (except #3) was lost." I'll consider yourself well and truly "shocked".. ;-) seeing as the result stood in the USA.

I was a placing judge at the track the night this happened. The race was not declared a no contest. The 3 was declared the winner (correctly, by WV rules) because he carried his assigned weight over the finish line. Exotics payouts were 3/all, 3/all/all, etc. Multi-race wagers that included the 9th were refunded (this was the 8th and the 9th was canceled.) I don't recall how the place and show pools were handled that night, as every horse in the field was obviously declared a starter; I believe the entire pools were paid to those bettors that had the 3 to place and/or show.

now that was the dumbest comment I have ever read. And I have never left a reply ever but you said there was no winner? Of course there was a winner. The only horse that finished the race was declared the winner. There was no 2nd or 3rd or 4th place but there was a winner. It was the 3 horse that paid $5.80 for a $2 win bet.

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WormPuPDaBest Smiles ITS ABUSE

Dude the riders could be dead right now I hope the riders are ok

Horse Lover 300 Horse Lover, these horses are not being abused. Just because one slipped and fell (and all the others were tripped up by this) does not make it abuse.

Lilly Ponygirl it's not abuse in the sense of causing pain what is abuse is the industries abuse of their funds to breed thousands of horses each year so the majority will be slaughtered for dog meat.

Zoe I have to ask exactly this..do you know what your'e talking about? Do you know that horses do more than just racing, and many owners and trainers regardless of the discipline will now disallow any of their horses to be sold to slaughter...and also the tracks and event jumping centers now will ban connections if it's found the horse was abused...or sent to slaughter? Many ex race horses are retrained in other disciplines, are are adopted out to willing people as pets, or given a second life as therapy horses, or trail horses. Oh by the way, most people in the game are not millionaires and billionaires. Most are trying to get by on allowance claiming races. I suggest you actually talk to people who work backside instead of shooting off your mouth.

Those race horse are prized

Crap!

Cindy Thomas of course they don't understand, we love the horses and the sport. I'm Bob and Hot walked and groomed race. horses

Nobody said that jockeys dont't love their horses. It's just that racing itself is abuse. Maybe there are horses that like it (which I doubt because running on fields and the stress of racing is a huge difference) but racing is si dangerous for the horses...there are so many horses that died while running...it is a shame really. If you love to race with a horse and really care for the animal it shouldn't matter if you're earning money with it, so you could just go and do that on a field.

If you really loved your horses then you wouldn't put them through all this.

David Rosado because all of the other riders fell... that’s not a fair race

Upon crossing the finish line, the lead horse is the unofficial winner. Once the race footage is double checked for any signs of foul play (which also gives the horses time to cool down), the winner can proceed to the winner's circle.

Cause all the others fell and got severely injured. Therefore they cannot call him a winner; for the others have fallen. There is actually rules in these races, if you didn't know

pe.trikor not severe, only minor injuries. If you talking about the horse, that is. Horses are incredibly durable, its scary. They can catch their leg in a fence while jumping and it won't break. Those things are cute tanks

Cosmo S. Factor Maybe so, but you get what I mean. The others fell and got injured (they all ran over and landed on eachother, pretty sure some got injured). These horses were also running full speed, I've seen a horse break it's leg from misstepping on racetracks (but I guess that's a bit extreme). Pretty,, sure,, they got a bit hurt

Gr8 comment

bronzerat012 its abuse

well thats a dumb thing to say lol

Horse Lover 300 actually horses love to race and it’s what there meant to do. It not abuse, there just people the abuse horses, but others don’t

Izzy Marie it's the massive amount of "wastage" there is from racing that makes it evil not the act of racing itself. So many horses are bred just to get sent to the slaughter house, some are adopted before then but a lot more aren't. There needs to be a bad on the breeding of excessive amounts of horses.

The show must go on!

that's all they know is running....I work at a Track and many times during morning warmups a rider will fall off and their horse will run immediately back to the barn where they're housed... that's really all they know...

slobomotion Rubbish!

Charlotte Froehlich girl being a horse is an inherent risk. They are always finding new ways to hurt themselves racing or not. Many horses injure themselves and die just fooling around in the pasture. These horses love to run and are bred to do so. Athletes get hurt sometimes. That's life.

I don't see how racing is cruel. Rider and horse both can get injured. They are a team. We look at football and NASCAR and they all can get you killed because it's competition

slobomotion quarter horses have tons of energy, it's in their blood to run a ton. There's nothing wrong with it, there is a limit though and the horses are fine

It's one thing to accept that shit happens and that horses will be horses and get themselves hurt, but it's another to refuse to acknowledge that this is damage done by the humans, not the horse. It is ignorant and sad for you to use that as an excuse to justify horses DIEING so people can watch animals physically exert them to the max, while having a human on their back.

Mud is actually not that bad for horses it they are not that sloppy, which is probably not the case here. But there has to be mud because of safety reasons. Imagine you being on a horse, riding at full speed, then fall on rocks and a hard ground. Ouch. I have fallen off a horse by galloping. It was not pleasant. Couldn't move at all after that (pain); and I fell on sand. So mud would be probably better for the riders and horses in this case. If no rider died there, they probably would have on stone. Also, why do you fell bad for the horses more than the jockeys? You just said that they either died or be in a wheelchair. Wth? For the horse it might have hurt like normal fall damage. Like if you accidentally trip. No larger thing is falling on them like the jockeys. And I agree with you. Of course most riders care for their horses (

+Jai Fox Because someone could have died. The horse that started the reaction had to be put down. He's choked up at the end. Jackass.

Death and horses getting mangled amoungst each other is not funny.

Jai Fox ITS NOT FUNNY, ITS ABUSE

Jai Fox...um you do know that some of those jockies had to be rushed to the hospital and some of those horses were probably put down right??? I don't see how its funny.....

Jai Fox 'Ghost riders in the -sky- sand'

That's stupid horse races are awesome🐴🐎🏇✌️❤️

Michael Newton The racing industry is so messed up. Just look up how many horses DIE each year! They are perfectly good horses! Some horses dont even ever get to race on the track before being sent to slaughter.

Michael Newton Not really when the horses are ripped away from their mothers not even after a day of birth. As adolescents, they're pumped full of drugs and forced to race till they drop. If they're lucky to survive racing, they just get hauled off to slaughter.

MountainGoaat big deal they're fucking horses

MountainGoaat don't compare any of that stuff to fuck horse racing

Tammy Cushing nope,

Tammy Cushing it definitely needs to be reduced, the amount of horses slaughtered every year because the racing industry breeds way too many horses is ridiculous. The racing industry single handedly runs the horse meat industry because without it most of their supply would be gone.

How is it bad it's basically exercise for the horses and humans .

That is stupid to say 😡😠‼️⚠️

Mariheartz it's abuse they drug their horses and constantly make them run past their breaking point it's cruel and it needs to be stopped

lol

Wtf are u talking about

Hey, I know you posted a long time ago, but I just saw what you said..please don't compare living beings to machines. ..the cars don't feel pain... I love a good car crash just like the next guy, horses die...I'm sure you know this

Lol

Everyone who replied are huge retards who have no sense of humor. When cars crash don't you think the people inside die too? I live near a car race track and there's been a bunch of deaths, one guy got crushed by a tire.

True. People like these are just blind selfish bastards

carol heuer horse riding is all animal abuse

Lotte Pepplinkhuizen equine sports are animal abuse

shycutie_ pie every kind of horse riding is abuse if you look at it

Lotte Pepplinkhuizen yeah. Even tho I do ride I agree horse's back wasn't made for our asses.

Im sorry but do you actually know anything about the horse racing industry? No? I didn't think. Its actually very corrupt in most cases (luckily not all) but most. Race horses are commonly abused and hurt and later after they're done their racing career, they go off to be slaughtered in a slaughter house.

Jeanette Vasko man! u just made them ppl cry! I love horse racing and it's like any sport...shit happens

If you were correct: "I think this is a disgusting display of wet, muddy, tracks that should have been used"

Most of these horses LOVE to run, its in their blood as a lot of them were born for this reason.

Jeanette Vasko sounds like you know nothing about the racing industry at all!

You're an idiot; all horse sports involve elements of risk. These horses are bred for this job, they live for this.

+OneMoreMileAnHour yes of course but they put them down due to things like broken bones because they can't be asked to use their money or time recovering or paying lots of money to help them so what do they do.?? PUT them down

+The Football Centre right, you didn't even read my fucking comment did you? Dumb shit. Proof I shouldn't even bother with you anymore. Get back to your football, obviously you know FUCK ALL about horses.

+The Football Centre my horse is insured with NFU, i pay almost £50 per month for peace of mind, ok? If my horse had such an injury he would have all the treatment he needed. However, as a responsible, loving horse owner, if he had to be on box rest (for a dumb kid like you, that means in a stable) for a year, I'd have to think about it, because my horse is a very hot headed, spooky nervous Arabian horse. He HATES stables. He is terrified of stables. A year of being in a stable is sheer hell for him. Over the Autumn last year i tried him in a stable and he stressed so much he lost loads of weight in the space of 2 weeks. THIS is why I say some horses are simply not suited to the rest part of healing from s big injury. My horse piaffes (for idiots like you that means trots on the spot) in a stable, non-stop, he'd do this even if he was injured. That's not fair and causes pain. This is the reason I think he'd not cope. It has NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY BECAUSE HES INSURED.

+The Football Centre AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TIME BECAUSE HES MY ONLY HORSE AND I ADORE HIM. but if he was stressed and causing himself pain, I'd make the right decision; because that's part of being a responsible horse owner. It's not always about rainbows and unicorns and black beauty friendship times! Sometimes it's abut choosing the right decision; not just the easiest one.

He was in the safest place he could be when there are loose horses running around. The last thing the hurt people need was another guy getting hurt.

Nathan Tootill You can't just stop a horse in full gallop. especially in the middle of a race. when a horse stops.. You get an accident like this.. To continue riding as best you can is the safest and only option. It would be like being on a freeway at 50 mph. seeing an accident and just coming to a stop.. except instead of just getting hit and hurt/killed the horse would get seriously hurt!

TheBot Bot Agree! He did the right thing and get away from the spill. He could not have been any help if he dismounted his horse he would have had to hold his horse and horses are usually very aggressive coming off the track after a race. I know since I drove and still drive Standarbreds. Accidents are horrible for the humans and the horses. Your taught when a wreck happens in a race to do the safest thing and stay away and let horsemen and medical attention get to the scene as soon as possible. Usually in this type of race an ambulance usually follows the race. Very dangerous sport and sad to see all this.

Nathan Tootill He is paid to WIN.

What's he gonna do that all the people who are actually paid to help can't do? That's not his job