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Hopefully a necropsy was or will be prformed. Unless that happens no one will know for sure what happened. With it we will all learn. Guessing cannot replace facts. Why a healthy horse drops dead on the spot is of concern to all of us.

My heart goes out to the rider. I could not imagine what it would be like to have my horse drop dead out from under me. And when this sort of thing happens we should all say to ourselves, "for the grace of God, Allah, Nirvana or what ever else - even if it is a vast nothingness" -  go I.

Truman

Susan E. Garlinghouse wrote:

>Does anyone have information on a horse that supposedly got hit by a car on the ride? We heard it was brought back to Foresthille and died there?????

 

The information I got from a friend who was there is that a horse died out of FH, but there was no car involved.  The horse had been doing well, passed the check, started down the street, the heart monitor went to zero and the horse dropped in his tracks, essentially dead before he hit the ground.  Almost 100% a blown aneurysm, and a coincidence that it occurred to an endurance horse at Tevis instead of a dink standing in pasture at home.  There was nothing anyone could have done to foresee it, prevent it or treat it.

 

It’s a devastating thing to have a horse you love drop dead underneath you like that.  The same thing happened to Trilby a few years back with Lad, same blown aneurysm.  Rather than cranking up the ridecamp rumor mill too high, I hope we can all just show sympathy and support for the rider and think that there but for the grace of God go I.

 

No criticism aimed at you, Jessica.  Just trying to nip this one in the bud.

 

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

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    It is necessary to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."