Hickstead

Nov 07, 2011 00:43

I watched about .0001 of a second of one video. I was under the assumption he finished the course then collapsed. I was not prepared to see him on the course. I couldn't watch it. So very, very sad.

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foalstory November 7 2011, 06:03:44 UTC
what? I swear everything I read (haven't seen any videos) were that he DID complete the course before he collapsed.

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vtgypsy November 7 2011, 06:10:03 UTC
All I know is, from the video I glanced at, he was not anywhere near a gate when it happened. I could not bring myself to actually watch. I saw him bobble, from a standstill, and closed the window. I saw fences all around. I don't know if it was immediately after the last fence, but he was on the course.

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foalstory November 7 2011, 06:17:59 UTC
yeah, reading up while I was at work, no news site was senseless enough to post photos or video, but I think I found what you found on youtube. there is another that shows most of the actual jumping round from tv, then skips to him on the ground with a replay of his collapse.

(edit: from what it looks like, Eric's watching/waiting for scores after the round when it happens)

So very sad.

While I totally DON'T get the people mourning as if they ever knew the horse personally or cheered rider/horse on (yeah, right, stop bandwagoning and yes this includes people on my f-list), it is still horribly tragic and my heart goes out to them all.

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vtgypsy November 7 2011, 06:26:19 UTC
It is very tragic. I just can't watch a video of a horse dying.

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harnessphoto November 7 2011, 17:22:46 UTC
I watched it. How awful :( Poor thing.

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