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.... is stable in hospital after his fall at Tatts today. Art is not injured.
Wishing him a speedy recovery, it did not look nice.
Wishing him a speedy recovery, it did not look nice.
Tatts have said he’s been moved to a different hospital.
According to local eventers here it seems that he’s in a coma. Whether that’s induced or as a result of injury it hasn’t been said. Fingers crossed for a good recovery
Tatts have said hes been moved to a different hospital.
According to local eventers here it seems that hes in a coma. Whether thats induced or as a result of injury it hasnt been said. Fingers crossed for a good recovery
It is standard treatment with many head injuries to induce coma deliberately and instigate treatment as a precaution rather than a necessity. Likewise transfer to a neuro unit is not unusual. William Fox-Pitt was in an induced coma for 7-10 days if I remember correctly and he recovered and returned to top flight competition.
Sounds as tho it could be a long way back if he fell face first. Terrible shame and a timely reminder it could happen to any of us!
WFP was two before Jonty and his horse made exactly the same mistake as Art: got his off fore around the flag of the brush skinny. (
So were these falls caused by the fence design? I haven't seen the fence- was there something about it that resulted in two experienced horses catching their off fore on the flag?
It was an offset brush skinny in water after a jump into the water. Nothing wrong with the design of the fences per se; just add in over-jumping into water/the drag of the water/pecking and then losing your optimal line to a skinny that an honest/experienced horse will do his utmost to jump rather than duck out and you get a jump where the horse gets tangled with the flag. There was very little if any margin for error.
Having said that many jumped it well and smoothly. May have a look at the stats for that fence later on if I get a mo.
Everything crossed for a positive outcome for Jonty. When he fell I was gutted he lost his chance to get on the podium! Now I just hope and pray he recovers. Puts things in perspective.
I was there and thought this was a very tough and punishing fence, as were the water fence questions for the one star class. One of the problems was that if a horse left a leg, the fall happened onto the very hard ground at the edge of the water. I love watching eventing but sometimes fences make me feel as if we are just asking too much of horses (and riders). I hope Jonty will make a full recovery - I can’t get him out of my head. All good wishes to him and his family
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