What happened to Jean-Lu Bigot's horse

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Just got in from riding and have heard that two horses have died at Badminton. Can anyone tell me what happened to Jean-Luc Bigot's horse? All I know is that there was some sort of accident.

I heard about Skwal - really sad.

Awful few weeks for eventing.
 
He jumped a fence, got a bad line and took out the flag with his chest, the flag snapped under the force of the jump and went into the horses stifle & ruptured an artery; it bled out once at the vet.

Yes very sad
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jumped the vicarage vee but caught the flag. Flag snapped in two and pierced his belly/stifle area - no-one's really sure

Was treated on course for about 30mins, stabalised, taken to local vet clinic but later died

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He jumped to (the horses) right and took the flag pole down- Unfortunately the flag pole broke and it skewered the horse around the stifle area, cutting an artery. The horse was taken to a local centre but lost too much blood.
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Jesus that's awful. What a freak accident. They need to have bendy flags from now on I think.

RIP Icare D'Auzay, Skwal, and Le Samurai.

Sad day.
 
arterial bleeds are hard to control in humans - particularly the femoral artery in the thigh - humans can bleed to death from that

In a horse an arterial bleed is even more complex and in the stifle area where the injury apparently was it is hard to deal with

the vets stabilised on scene and worked very hard but the move the the clinic wasn't successful and they lost him

very sad day

hopes for tomorrow morning that all the horses that ran today come out sound for the vets inspection - we don't need any more injuries to these wonderful, generous horses.

esp. good luck wishes to Over to You at 19 to show a clean pair of heels to the youngsters at probably his last badders.
 
My OH taped it for me but taped the wrong channel. Men = useless! I'm quite relieved now as i would have hated to watch those horses get fatally injured.
 
As per my post in the Latest News forum - we were at this fence and witnessed the accident. The flag snapped and pierced his belly/stifle. The bleeding was horrific.....as he was pulling up, we thought he was wearing red boots, but it was the blood covering his back legs so quickly.

I wasn't impressed with the official's reaction - i may be wrong, but from the impression we got they were very slow to react and members of the crowd was helping the rider support the horse, whereas the stewards from the next fence looked on, unconcerned. At one point a spectator screamed for them to call a vet........three ambulances arrived 5-10 minutes later.

It did put a dampener on the whole atmosphere, especially hearing about Skawl afterwards too.

Thoughts are with riders, owners and grooms.
 
How awful, brought a tear to my eye, they give us so much and there's nothing you can do to stop this
 
This is so sad. I am not able to watch (tried online and was unable) but I have been following all the posts .
Seems like such a horrific and tragic day there
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Is this highly unusual or are there alot of accidents each year like this?
 
It was awful to watch on the TV so I cannot imagine what it was like being there while it happened. He looked to lose an awful amount of blood very very quickly, which made me think he had punctured an artery, but I just could not believe how he could have done it. In my opinion the flags should be rubbery to avoid accidents like this. I hope something will prevent this ever happening again. Goodness knows what the rider is feeling tonight... imagine having to hold your own horse up when it is in that state.
 
Jade you SO need to get out here and see a British 3 day event, not normally so many fatalities, you would love it!

September Burghley - you can stay with us!
 
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Is this highly unusual or are there alot of accidents each year like this?

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I personally can't remember the last Badminton where a horse lost its life
 
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Jade you SO need to get out here and see a British 3 day event, not normally so many fatalities, you would love it!

September Burghley - you can stay with us!

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Wahoooo!
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I would love that!
I am sure it is alot more fun to watch than a Western Pleasure class!
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In fact, not much to do with horses could be as boring!
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I was there today and didn't even realise this had happened - I feel awful but so glad I didn't see either accident.
My thoughts go out to all the people involved with these horses.
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are there any highlights of the good buts up as i missed most of it
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Its terrible about these poor horses but thats the risks involved my thoughts to riders, owners and grooms!
 
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It was awful to watch on the TV so I cannot imagine what it was like being there while it happened. He looked to lose an awful amount of blood very very quickly, which made me think he had punctured an artery, but I just could not believe how he could have done it.

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The horse was losing blood instantly - the rider realised within a couple of strides and pulled him up - full credit to him for realising so quickly and acting appropriately. He had the saddle off before most people had seen what had happened and he was desperately trying to stem the blood loss.
It was horrific to watch, and must have been a hundred times worse for the people who helped him hold the horse up when it looked about to fall, also providing clothing to stem the blood and put over his quarters. From where I was standing the spectators were a lot more help than the officials.

There was also a lack of information from the commentators and the radio - simply saying the course had been held.
 
OMG! i was at badminton and also didnt know this had happenend. i was at the staircase at the time of the hold up, and we were all like, whats happened? i assumed one of the dences had broke and they had to repair it, never realised it was that!! RIP


what happenend to the other horse?
 
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I wasn't impressed with the official's reaction - i may be wrong, but from the impression we got they were very slow to react and members of the crowd was helping the rider support the horse, whereas the stewards from the next fence looked on, unconcerned. At one point a spectator screamed for them to call a vet........three ambulances arrived 5-10 minutes later.

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Actually the officials were very quick to react. We were among the ones calling 'vet' and were told that they had already been contacted and were on their way. I am sure they got there as soon as they could. I do know that the (human) first aiders grabbed all the sterile dressings etc they had and ran to help as obviously they were close.
 
I saw the horse in question jump one of the fences just before this incident. I remember thinking how beautifully he was jumping. Then we could see another horse being held on the track and the horse ambulance on it's way. We weren't actually sat right by where the incident happened so we did not know what was going on - Until that is, we decided to walk a bit further around the course and saw the ambulance and then green mesh fencing they had erected.
Having seen what actually happened on TV there was SO much blood. It is not a surprise having seen that that this horse could not be saved. I feel depserately sad. I can't ever watch that footage again.
I think to die from a sudden death is one thing but to bleed to death is just horrendous....Very sad.
I know it was a freak accident but I just wonder if they could make the flags out of something more forgiving...?
 
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