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ashby didnt break a leg he collapsed on course at kreuth which at least meant neither of them knew what was happening until too late but fiair play to bettina. £!100000 is not to be lightly turned down.
 
OMG I can't believe it, that is just heartbreaking
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Poor Mary, and poor Cavvy
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absolutely, Lucretia. she goes up in my estimation.
if the leg was obviously broken then i'd be amazed if they could save him. my vet explained to me ages ago that by the time a horse has been pulled up there is usually so much debris, mud etc in the wound (or internal damage etc from the limb moving) that even in a human amputation would be very likely... and that's with a model patient. it is very rare to be able to save a horse with a leg broken at exercise - Mill Reef really was one in a million and a model patient, apparently, when they managed it with him.
i am absolutely gutted for Mary and poor poor Cavvy.
 
It's so awful that what should have been a great and fun event ended up like this
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Poor Mary and Cavvy
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BTW, does anyone know the complete results?
 
i dont know for sure the leg was broke, they got him into a trailer i hear it is possible he ruptured a hind tendon or something. we will just have to wait, as usual in these situations i dont always believe everything i hear even from on the scene witnesses cos sometimes you cant get a clear view and you are in shock even watching etc etc and as Gone to france said if he can be saved the owners will spare no expense and bristol is down the road and they are great there.
 
Same here BB can not believe it has happened too be honest.

Poor poor Cavvy really hope he can be saved .So very sad for poor Mary and all the connections involved with him.:(

This event was potentially meant to be such a positive for the sport.
 
after all this i will be very surprised if it will take place again next year!!!!
only time will tell about Cavvy, fingers crossed....what a let down for the sport.
good on bettina for pulling out...
oh god, i do hope cavvy is alright.
 
I cannot believe what I am reading. This was meant to be a great new concept, but if this is anything to go by it will not, and should not, hppen again. To think these top hoses got round the olympics and 4* only to get an E for 3 refusals here is gutting, and must put unwanted fear in the rider's mind.

If Cavvy has to be PTS then that would be dreadful, dreadful for Mary and for the sport. What a horrible event.
 
yes, it does sound as if they really overcooked it with the course, 6 finishers out of 20 of the very best in the world, quite apart from poor Cavvy's accident, makes for grim reading. i feel really sorry for the whole team behind this, they must have put an enormous amount of work into it and for this to happen is a total and utter nightmare for them.
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i think we need to be fair here some of the elimnations were for wrong course as i understand it or at least some of the run outs. no one has tried to even run showjumping on a stadium surface in this country for a very long time and possibly the ground did not ride well because it was not designed to be galloped on. everyone knows how much trouble there was with the surface when it was laid. no one could know how it would really ride, testing it with laura collet and gauntlett in sanitised conditions without a major rugby game having beeen played there the day before.
 
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