Royal Chase at Keeneland

[Riot]

Not meaning to start a "steeplechasing sucks" thread - I happen to like them, but ...

The second horse that went down in the Royal Chase (on the second fence on the backstretch, just before entering the final turn) - got up, stood there holding up a front leg, jock had the reins, it reared a little a time or two. And then they stood there. And stood there. The horse obviously couldn't weight the leg.

While this is going on, I watched the horse ambulance sit immobile at the head of the backstretch, not one outrider moved, nobody from the infield headed towards the horse.

The race finished and the horses galloped out. Jock and injured horse still standing there, jock looking around. Still nobody moving towards this horse as horses finish the gallop out and start to come back towards the stands.

The horse suddenly went down as if shot. I wasn't sure it was still alive at this point - it didn't look it (it was). NOW people in the infield start running out to the horse, NOW the horse ambulance starts moving, NOW outriders start galloping over there.

I couldn't believe it. Nobody moved to help this horse and rider until the entire grandstand gasped as the horse suddenly went flat and we all thought it died.

I was angry. Why was no assistance - at least an outrider - immediately sent towards this horse and rider? Would this have happened if it were a flat race and a horse went down before the final turn?

Equibase was down. Anybody know which horse this was? I saw it (behind the screen) make it into the horse ambulance three-legged (it eventually got up on it's own power after some time) - but the horse ambulance sat on the field for a bit, and when it left, it didn't seem to be taking much caution with it's passenger regarding speed or turns. Does anybody know what happened to this horse?