Household cavalry soldier injured after Jubilee rehearsal

[Tiddlypom]

The horses were apparently crossing over cable covers outside Buckingham Palace. I hope that the soldier is not badly hurt, he has been taken to hospital. The horse is apparently uninjured.

Household cavalry soldier hurt in horse fall during Jubilee practice https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61659265

 

[SEL]

It says they were crossing cable covers so I wonder if the horse did a cat leap. There was an article last week saying many of the riders were new to ceremonies and had missed riding lessons due to covid so fingers crossed for this weekend!

Did you see the speculation William's horse was doped? It did look v quiet but I just assumed they didn't want the heir to the throne getting splatted

 

[cauda equina]

William's horse didn't have the tell-tale droopy willy though - or was it a mare?
Maybe they did some other trickery like withholding water, or maybe it's just like that anyway

eta I bet falling off onto a road does no good at all to the Household Cavalry's kit - imagine the dents

 

[Wishfilly]

Isn't the speculation just because the horse was walking with a low head carriage? From the photos I've seen, he's riding one handed with quite a loose rein- surely pretty normal for a horse to stretch down in that situation?

I think it's a huge leap to decide the horse was drugged! I imagine it is a very quiet horse, though!

 

[MuddyMonster]

Do hope he's OK ?

I do feel for them as it's bad enough when you fall off anyway let alone to have it plastered over the news.

 

[Rowreach]

Looking at the photos from the other day it struck me how tiny their stirrups are, and how likely it would be to get a foot stuck if anything did go a bit wrong.

 

[cauda equina]

If you join the Army it must be with the expectation that you might get hurt, one way or another
I don't mean to sound heartless but for a soldier falling off a horse is on the milder end of the scale of hazards

 

[palo1]

I think William is a pretty competent horseman too and would be very familiar with the ceremonial tasks so I can't imagine a particularly dopey horse was needed; just a reasonably sensible one!

 

[SEL]

I think William is a pretty competent horseman too and would be very familiar with the ceremonial tasks so I can't imagine a particularly dopey horse was needed; just a reasonably sensible one!

That's what I thought. I assumed they'd chosen a horse that knew it's job inside out

 

[Red-1]

I believe, from an insider, that historically the horses ridden by the royals for that parade don't get much sleep the night before.

It didn't look drugged to me, no 5th leg, but it did look tired!

 

[teapot]

It says they were crossing cable covers so I wonder if the horse did a cat leap. There was an article last week saying many of the riders were new to ceremonies and had missed riding lessons due to covid so fingers crossed for this weekend!

Did you see the speculation William's horse was doped? It did look v quiet but I just assumed they didn't want the heir to the throne getting splatted

There will always be some new to ceremonies - that article was full of so much misinformation. It's nothing new. Hope the Trooper is ok, I woudn't want to fall off in full kit onto tarmac.

As for William's horse - they start prep about 0400 for a 1100 start time, I know a lot of horses that would be tired after that amount of time!

 

[poiuytrewq]

I haven’t seen any of this but poor guy, I imagine riding in the parade would be a pretty big deal, he must be gutted

 

[winnie]

Our neighbour's son is one of the troopers and is pretty new to equestrianism. He had a fall 2 weeks ago during a practice and hurt his pelvis. They are desperately hoping he will be able to take part today. Hope he makes it.

 

[Penny Less]

Someone came a cropper today hope they are OK