Just at the Rolex event this year alone, two horses had to be put down and that Chimichanga guy was critically injured...
I love horses, dont get me wrong (and not in a sumitis type of way LOL), but when a person dies it affects me 100 times more than when a horse has to be put down. Just hearing 14 people died since these rule changes went into play really got under my skin.
The fact that nobodys doing anything to change that (how hard could it be to make the jumps safer - so they either explode when a horse hits it or fall off like show jumping) is what really pisses me off.
Now I realize why my company charges eventers a much higher insurance rate than other show horses...
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