It’s so sad, but it seems every day there are more stories about horses dying.
Hickstead, a famous show-jumping horse has died.
The horse and his rider had just finished a 13 jump track when the horse suddenly fell down and began convulsing.
This is the same horse that got a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the same type of event.
Medics rushed to the horse but the 15-year-old animal had already died.
The competition was suspended because this all happened in front of the entire audience and TV cameras.
A horse expert gave an opinion on what might have happened:
“The horse is a natural blood doper. When the horse does an athletic event, it will automatically dump tons of red blood cells into the bloodstream.
It├óΓé¼Γäós what makes the horse a fabulous athlete. And at the same time, because you have an increase, the blood does become thicker, and if the horse was prone to a weakened heart, it could have burst.”
A necropsy is scheduled to find out the exact cause of death.
R.I.P. Hickstead
[Image via AP Images.]