jump_racing
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Does any body know what happened/ how it happened ? Horse and rider are ok I think.
Post about it on e venting. Think more car hit by horse and rider! Tom Rowland riding. Both walked away apparently, but.....
Yes, think it may have been his mother.. It was a tad of an over reaction in my mind, as Both were on their feet and it was clearly an accident, but I guess people act differently when in shock. Horrible for all concerned and just glad all ok.
To be fair, her son on a horse had just hit a car hard enough to necessitate medical care. When they were travelling at speed, had total right of way and shouldn't have needed to be thinking "I wonder if there are any careless drivers on this XC course?". If I were the lady driving the car, I'd be fairly grateful the mother stopped at just that.
Hope both horse and rider are alright today. What a horrible incident.
I agree though, assault never justified. Would she have hit a fence judge if they'd had a nasty fall at a tricky fence? You'd hope not but..!
I think it's a huge leap, the fence judge is not in charge of the fence or what it does. The driver of a car very much is!
A rotational fall, believe the rider is at Frenchay's hospital.
It was the event director. Philip was the organiser.
As Tabledancer says, we are all human and I am sure that it is the last thing that she wanted to happen. That area of the course is very congested with 2 major crossing points, the 1st water and another influential fence. The crossing was approached round a bend from the water and the area was busy so crossing point stewards should have been essential. When
Tom's incident must be prevented in future. Maybe the FEI will have to restrict the number of runners in one day to allow time for things to be done properly.