THAT'S THAT THEN...

And why would he be anything else. Imagine waking each morning and the first sickening thought to enter your head would be the utterly tragic loss of a good friend and ride...... Poor man. My thoughts have been with him and pray God I never have to walk in his shoes. May the same God give him the strength to carry on.
 
I never realised he had him that long.
What a huge hole to leave.
Lets hope 'Little Brit' eases the pain a bit.
RIP Null
Clayton and family and all those who worked with Nev my thoughts are with you.
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I didn't either , makes a horrible tradgedy , even worse some how
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Hopefully all the bitching on this site about his riding might ease up a bit now.

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we can but hope...
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I didn't either , makes a horrible tradgedy , even worse some how
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There are plenty of people on here who don't see the human side of some of these tragedies
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Even the most cold hearted of competitors will have formed some form of bond with their mount....if they didn't they simply wouldn't get anywhere...

ETS: In no way meant to be critical, but is it normal for a horse to have gone 4* just two weeks ago, before running again !? I know Pippa took Ensign 3* last week too, but just trying to see through the haze that is my distant memory, and seem to recall that the top horses jumped 2 or 3 events a year at most when i were a lad !?!?
 
I'm sure that the word "devastated" doesn't even cover it. I totally fell in love with that horse watching his dressage at Burghley - I can't imagine how it must feel to lose a horse they've brought through the ranks like that. He was something special. What a terrible sad loss
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RIP you handsome floppy eared boy. H x
 
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ETS: In no way meant to be critical, but is it normal for a horse to have gone 4* just two weeks ago, before running again !? I know Pippa took Ensign 3* last week too, but just trying to see through the haze that is my distant memory, and seem to recall that the top horses jumped 2 or 3 events a year at most when i were a lad !?!?

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Without adding to original post as I feel enough people have already done so will make comment to above that top horses seem to be running far more now that the long format has been dropped....
 
I cant believe the disrespect CF has received from some forum members. I lost my horse in March this year on a XC course - he broke his neck also - it is the worst thing that has ever happened to me in my life (I am nearly 43). The guilt I feel is still sickening and nothing anybody says makes it go away. I dont think a waking hour goes by when I dont think of my boy and what happened to him when he was trying to do what I wanted him to do. I feel like I killed my friend. I am sure that CF is absolutely devastated. He has to continue to compete despite his feelings because it is his job, but I know he must be suffering terribly!
 
So sorry to hear that, shauna.
Thankfully I have never had to go through losing a horse in a competition. But whilst I do know how painful it is to lose a horse suddenly, I can't begin to imagine the horror of it happening underneath me.
I too was disgusted at the dissection of a rider's culpability when he had just lost his horse turning a corner.
The crash from adrenalin to despair must have been unthinkable for him, you and anyone in that situation.
It is a devastating circumstance, and I feel nothing but sympathy for anyone who has had to endure it.
 
I am sorry Shauna that you have experienced such a tragic accident/loss. You musn't blame your self, your horse was enjoying every step of the way and then he went straight to sleep, he died a happy boy you gave him happy times right untill the end and don't forget that, if he didn't want to do it he wouldn't off.

It is a terrible accident what has happened to CF and that is all it is NO ONE is to blame in any way shape or form.
 
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