News on injured horses and riders at badminton

[Supertrooper]

Just so people don't have to go traipsing through the huge XC post, can people post news updates on here perhaps.

I'd especially like to know how mandiba and partly pickled are and also how Elizabeth and camilla are xx

 

[huntley]

I agree - I am amazed the Badminton website has not been updated at all - after all, it is now an hour since the XC finished. There were some nasty falls and a surprising number of horses looking very tired - thank goodness it was not as hot as yesterday. Maybe the fast ground does tire them out more. I think Andreas Ostholt should be hauled before the Stewards for appalling riding!

 

[JessandCharlie]

Is there anywhere I can watch it online repeated does anyone know? It refused to work live

Hope all the horses and riders are ok/on the mend. I didn't watch it, but it sounds like a lot had hic-hups

J&C

 

[teapot]

Mandiba supposedly has a broken rib but otherwise ok

OT and ACM are both ok, just a little sore

 

[sonjafoers]

I think Andreas Ostholt should be hauled before the Stewards for appalling riding!

I absolutely agree. I'm sure I have seen him ride before & he was exactly the same then - if that's the case & my memory isn't failing me why is he allowed to continue?

There was some excellent riding today but his was appalling and he really should be pulled up for it.

 

[teapot]

If my german's good enough, latest on Ingrid is that she had precautionary x-rays but she's most likely got a ligament injury rather than bone which is good news

 

[teapot]

And both Gemma Tattersall and King's Gem are both ok too

 

[CastleMouse]

Camilla was just winded and was looked after in the medical tent - She didn't need to go to hospital.

Esib Power was having x-rays earlier - Fingers crossed that it's nothing serious

 

[CastleMouse]

Mandiba supposedly has a broken rib but otherwise ok

I gasped in horror when he fell back - Poor lad I was really surprised Karen didn't retire earlier.

 

[teapot]

Camilla was just winded and was looked after in the medical tent - She didn't need to go to hospital.

Esib Power was having x-rays earlier - Fingers crossed that it's nothing serious

Supposedly Camillia did go to hospital later on though, one assumes for precautionary reasons.

 

[Santa_Claus]

Phew bout camilla I saw the fall and v nasty. Hope hospital trip was precautionary and still ok.

 

[amage]

Camilla did go to hospital but will be discharged this eve. Elizabeth power is being kept in for observation but is ok...very very lucky! All Irish horses are fine thank god.

 

[Supertrooper]

Thank god camilla and elizabeth are ok.

Poor mandiba xx

 

[only_me]

If my german's good enough, latest on Ingrid is that she had precautionary x-rays but she's most likely got a ligament injury rather than bone which is good news

Ligament injures are often worse than a broken bone, and take longer to heal

 

[sleepingdragon10]

I gasped in horror when he fell back - Poor lad

So did I........that had to hurt, poor lad

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Ligament injures are often worse than a broken bone, and take longer to heal

Indeed.
A friend of mine damaged ligaments in her knee falling off her horse a couple of months ago, and it isn't likely to be healed for another 3-4 months.

 

[sonjafoers]

Why on earth didn't she retire before that happened. I think she was one of the 2 worst today and now her poor horse is suffering when it could have been prevented. Such shame

 

[teapot]

I guess it is worse depending on what exactly she's done. Hope she bounces back asap as Ingrid's always worth a watch

 

[only_me]

Poor mandible

 

[illy89]

My friend has been there this week helping Camilla and apparently she is in hospital with a broken collarbone but ok apart from that!

 

[AFlapjack]

Why on earth didn't she retire before that happened. I think she was one of the 2 worst today and now her poor horse is suffering when it could have been prevented. Such shame

Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

 

[teapot]

Elizabeth Powell is reportedly absolutely fine despite the bang to her head (according to H&C on twitter). Good news

 

[TGM]

Poor mandiba xx

It was horrible to see him go backwards off the bank like that - it did look like the air vest going off spooked him and contributed to his fall. I really hope he is OK, and all the other horses/riders who were injured.

 

[gem2buc]

It was horrible to see him go backwards off the bank like that - it did look like the air vest going off spooked him and contributed to his fall. I really hope he is OK, and all the other horses/riders who were injured.

Thats exactly what I thought at the time, as I could hear the air vest go off and he then went backwards. Didn't see the slow mo of it though.

 

[Supertrooper]

Ah, yes I bet it was the sound of the air jacket xx

 

[kerilli]

Thats exactly what I thought at the time, as I could hear the air vest go off and he then went backwards. Didn't see the slow mo of it though.

yes. very lucky he didn't break his back, poor lad.

 

[teapot]

yes. very lucky he didn't break his back, poor lad.

Or neck, or leg(s)...

 

[meardsall_millie]

Ah, yes I bet it was the sound of the air jacket xx

Oh yes bound to be. Couldn't perhaps have been that the horse just stepped backwards in a bounce distance and slipped off the step could it?

 

[Puppy]

Mandiba supposedly has a broken rib but otherwise ok

That was a nasty fall I do hope the horse's confidence isn't too knocked by it.

 

[TGM]

Oh yes bound to be. Couldn't perhaps have been that the horse just stepped backwards in a bounce distance and slipped off the step could it?

In normal circumstances, most horses having just gone up a step, would have enough self-preservation instinct to realise going backwards was not a good idea, unless something else spooked them to react in panic.