Terribly sad afternoon

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2 new liveries arrived on Thursday, both greys, one a very big cob the other a young ex-racer. The young racehorse's stable is opposite my lads box.

Today i received a call from one of the liveries to say there had been an accident and could i come and fetch my horse in (i only live 5 minutes away)

So drive to yard and noticed my horse was not in his field and that someone had brought him in already. The young racehorse had been kicked so hard that his front leg was broken and dangling - horrible. Vet was at the scene putting the horse down when i arrived - feel so sad about it tonight, the poor owner, whose name i don't even know yet must be going through hell at the moment, all the what ifs? and if only i'd done this or that. And the large cob owner is understandably gutted as it appears to have been her horse that delivered the kick!

A very sad end to the weekend :(
 
That must have been horrible for all concerned.
It is always a bit of gamble when introducing new horses to each other. We always keep them separate until we can have back shoes taken off but we keep our horses at home. It is not always so easy to organise on livery yard.My thoughts are with both owners involved.
 
How awful for all of you. The only comfort I can think of is that this type of thing really can't be prevented if we don't physically wrap them in cotton wool and keep them in unnatural isolation. We had a similar tragedy at our yard last year when YO's kiddies shetland was out with a sec a RS pony (both been there a long time) and sec a kicked little elderly shetty. I think it fractured the stifle so pts only option, but so sad. I also recall a RS pony I knew years ago died after a fractured shoulder from a kick in the field. RIP our equine friends.:(
 
So sorry, very sad news! Unfortunately thats horses for you, you can have them saying hello to each other for weeks over the hedge, put them in together and they sort our heirachy, and wham! I wouldn't lay any blame, thats horses for you :-(
 
Unfortunately i don't know much about the new people apart from what i've been told 2nd hand by the other girls, We're a small yard and all get on very well, bit short of grass at the moment but horses out during the day & in at night.

New liveries came to our yard because they had previously had to keep their horses in for the last 3 months because of no grazing - apparently the horses were stabled next to each other but i don't know whether they had been turned out together before.

New girls were told there was no grazing but could have the paddock next to my boy, if they wanted it, which they did but there is no grass out there so more than likely the horses were mucking about!

Not sure its the YO's fault, she has been as devastated as the rest of us and has been doing all she can to make the whole thing better for the owner.

Horse could not be moved and had to be put down in the field, which meant using the teleporter to pick up the body and move to an area so that the meatman could winch it up into his lorry.

A horrible day for all concerned but especially for the poor owner.
 
When I introduced my new horse to my other they had seen each other for a week had back shoes off, hubby put them out whilst I went to Burghley and he said they boxed, so should of took front shoes off, but luckily they are fine.RIP grey horse.
 
Yesterday the big cob called and called for his friend who had gone on a hack, this afternoon he didn't call out at all, which i think was because the YO wouldn't let them take him out of the field until the TB had been put to sleep so i wonder whether the big cob knew he had gone & that it wasn't worth calling for him anymore? the vet did a great job and it didn't seem to take too long, which was something good i guess.
 
Delicious_D said:
How very sad :( TBH i would introduce horses slowly to one another but unfortunately these things happen.
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:(:(:( How horrid for the owner of the TB.

RIP Horse

We have a policy here NO NEW HORSE out with the group till they have had 1 week introductory in adjacent field.

I learnt hard way when my mare kicked first night out with the existing group and shattered her splint bone 19 pieces.

I wish ALL liveries would insist that their horses are on their open for the first week. If yard do not do this , I would find another yard. I have heard this story so many times.
 
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OMG. This is exactly what happened to my first pony, Tally, when I was 13. Got to the field to find his hind leg hanging just by skin and tendons, and the responsible mare grazing, covered in blood from her back end up. It was the most awful thing I have ever seen. Tally could not be injected, and the vet didn't have a gun, but I was removed at that point, so just hope it ended quickly.

I am so sorry this has happened - i guess it's not the one off i hoped it would be. And this is why I will NEVER put my horse in with a known kicker - not even tied up next to one. In fact, i'd probably move yards.

RIP poor horse. x
 
How sad.
From sounds of it these horses did no each other as both from same yard and moved together so just an unfortunate accident- these things do happen and i feel for both owners involved. and the YO doesn't have anything to answer to in this case as not put into herd just two horses who knew each other.
A tragic shame but they are horses and will be horses just a misplaced fun buck could do it.
 
It was a massive thunderstorm that triggered Tally being kicked, BUT Tequila Sunrise (still spit that out 30 years later) was a known and proven kicker. I didn't know until afterwards.
 
Very sad.

The two incidences of horses dying when moving yards that I know of were both kept separate to start with and possibly died because of this. The first one kicked out over the fence and broke his cannon bone bringing it down on the fence post. The second put his leg through the gate and broke it. With horses sometimes tragedies cannot be avoided. Horses which have lived together for years can kick each other (and it does seem as though these two horses knew each other.) I have had two horses break splint bones being kicked by horses they had lived with for years.
 
How terribly sad. I've never seen a proper introduction on any yard I've been on and having had the same happen to my horse (6 weeks after he got there and he was PTS :() it was terrifying to put my new horse out in the field.

Poor, poor owner. :(
 
How utterly horrible, leaves a very sad cloud over the next few days :O(
Can happen at any time tho. My friends mare was found in the field with a back leg hanging, she'd been in that herd for years.
My 11 yo daughter went on a riding holiday for a week and had her "own" pony. They went out on a hack and she must have got a bit close to the one in front and she told me on the phone her pony reared up and when it came down it was jumping and she had to get off quick. They got her out of the way and home on another pony and told her it would be taken to horsey hospital to get better - which I thought was very kind of the owners. It was of course put down where it was but they didn't tell her that.
It is so sad, one minute they are full of life and the next they're gone :O(
 
V sad :( a friend of a friend had her grey horse pts as he broke his leg in the field - just saw it on Facebook, I wonder If he's the same horse. Poor owner and upsetting for all involved :(
 
undertheweather said:
It's awfully, awfully sad.

OP, the lady's name is Sarah if you feel you want to offer condolences without awkwardly asking her name first.
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Thanks for giving me her name, same as mine actually :)

Very subdued on the yard this morning & big cob was very noisy. Was told by the really early morning girls that my horse was not himself?? He seemed fine to me, trashed his box, which i put down to coming in early yesterday & is not an unusual occurrance - he does have attitude :)

I hope i do get to see Sarah as i would like to say somwthing to her, not sure what but she was stabbled opposite me and i feel so sad for her loss, its horrible seeing the stable, with the bed made up & haynets hanging & there's even 2 feeds made up outside her stable door and a bag of carrots!
 
Awful news :(

Ours have a very strong herd, we take months to introduce new horses (thankgod for electric fencing - even though mine ended up jumping out) and in fact the boss pony has fallen out with the youngster at the minute and we have no idea why.
 
You can be as careful as you like and these things still happen. My lovely Belle had to be pts after she was kicked by an unshod mare she had been turned out with for over a month and known over the fence for a couple of weeks before that. I never personally turn out a new horse without an intro period but now I wonder if it makes any difference at all.
 
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