Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
More entertainment. . . . . the death of a horse at the 2007 chuckwagons in High River.
The far left lead horse is dropping dead of a heart attack at the finish line, just as I'm shooting the photo below. The driver is reigning in and the guy in the red shirt is looking over, wondering why. The chuckwagon tour is well prepared for this kind of thing. A big screen was hurriedly put up in front of the scene, blocking the crowd out, and about 20 minutes to half an hour later, the show went on. If I'm not mistaken, Humane Society observors are invited to all of these events and were present at this one as well.
Cowperson
|
Anyone who has lived on a ranch and ridden horses has run into stuff like that before.
Horses can step into a gopher hole and break their leg, fall over on a hot day because they have a heart problem that is impossible to detect, or hurt themselves just going for a trot.