Desert Island ridden by Louise Lockwood sadly been put down

Yeah, I heard the same as event, that Louisa believes they landed on the corner, and then Sonja twisted and landed on her fetlock, sadly breaking her leg. She was such an amazing horse, and will be terribly missed. She even let a numpty like me ride her, and truly had a good heart.

RIP Sonja xxxx
 
I very sadly was standing and watching at the jump when Desert Island broke her leg. It was a horrific accident and I am so very very sorry for Louisa and the loss of such a beautiful horse. I am afraid we couldn't bare to watch anymore and came home. My thoughts and condolences to all concerned.
 
My heart goes out to Lousia. she was so delighted with Desert Island's dressage test yesterday. My OH has a lovely pic of her grinning from ear to ear. I just can'n t say how very sad I am for her, this was the horse who was taking her back to the top again.
 
I was there when it happened and my deepest sympathy goes out to Louise. She was horribly upset and so were the crowd. The image keeps hanging in my mind... so I cannot even start to know how she must be feeling tonight :(
 
It was awful, she landed very badly after the big brush corner and broke her fetlock, PTS at the scene within minutes. Very very sad and condolences to all involved in her team.
 
natalia said:
It was awful, she landed very badly after the big brush corner and broke her fetlock, PTS at the scene within minutes. Very very sad and condolences to all involved in her team.
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poor you. Never nice for anyone, always feel for the rider and horse's connections, but often the spectators get forgotten. Its a haunting site seeing horses being PTS, then put into the trailer. I hope most turned away or were asked to leave??
 
So awful, I did wonder what the long wait was about and assumed the usual rider fall etc. What an awful shame for everyone connected, RIP Sonja.
 
How very sad. Such a terrible loss. My thoughts are with Lousia, the owners and the spectators who witnessed the accident. :(

Rest in peace Desert Island xx

Hope Lousia makes a speedy recovery. Poor girl, can't begin to imagine what she is going through. :(
 
I was at the fence too and it was horrific to watch. most of the crowd where we were stood walked away after it became obvious what was going to happen and i hoped the others followed too. so so sad RIP desert island
 
What a tragedy for all concerned. It's always horrendous watching a fatality - the first I saw was Beau Supreme in the King George when the RIHS was at Wembley. Can never forget Derek's realisation of the catastrophic nature of the break, and the distress of the groom.

There is a photo of them taking a practice jump - the mare looks lovely: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=86711&id=100000878634820
 
i was stood by the jump before and watched it from behind it was horrific and i have to say all i wanted to do was get as far away as possible from the area.
RIP beautiful girl and big sympathies to louisa.
 
She was jumping the 'v' corner of the fence, part way over the horse looked puzzled and dropped a leg down between the jumps (as if two narrow for a bounce, too wide for a spread), then fell shoulder first into the second part of the V. I think the fence absorbed much of the impact as I heard it breaking. I think Louisa went over the second part. Desert Island didn't look too bad at first. I was more worried for Louise as she had vanished. Desert Island just looked like she was caught up in her reins. She had a vet with her within a couple of minutes.
 
Just gutting - she must have been so thrilled to be riding there and then to have it end in such tragedy. Feel devastated for all concerned including those who watched - not what any of us wish to see when we spectate.
Poor DI - RIP.
 
boogles said:
How very sad :( My condolences go to all involed including the spectators who witnessed the incident.
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I was there and it was awful! The poor mare staggered towards me! Why didn't they hold her still while they debated whether they could save her or not?

No, we weren't asked to leave. I was praying out loud, over and over again! I think, as a spectator, that you are utterly, totally, caught up in willing things to come out right and you desperately need any reassurance you can get. If you turn away, you lose that chance and your imagination paints the worst picture... The commentator said that DI had been taken away for vetinary examination. Afterwards I was making myself believe that, although it slowly sunk in that she couldn't be still alive...

I am a member of a mailing list for people who have lost a horse under traumatic circumstances and need support. I've found therapy in painting rainbow portraits of other people's horses, and the friends I make as a result often attibute healing powers to my paintings... I feel so much for poor Louisa and DI's other connections that I am sure I will paint Rainbow Desert Island...
 
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