scooter
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The autopsy said Hickstead burst his aorta. He was gone very quickly...
As far as the warm up area, there is ALWAYS a steward present to make sure there is nothing harmful to the horse taking place. I would also like to point out 2 things: 1. You cannot FORCE a horse to do anything, certainly not jump at any height. They out weigh their humans 10:1. You can train them, but the horse must want to do the job.
2. At any FEI sanctioned event, there is zero tollerance for medication of any kind in the horse. No asprin, nada. Each horse must jog sound for the officiating vet before he is allowed to compete. This is to make sure the horse is sound and in no pain.
So I'm not sure what made you nauseated in the warm up....
As far as the warm up area, there is ALWAYS a steward present to make sure there is nothing harmful to the horse taking place. I would also like to point out 2 things: 1. You cannot FORCE a horse to do anything, certainly not jump at any height. They out weigh their humans 10:1. You can train them, but the horse must want to do the job.
2. At any FEI sanctioned event, there is zero tollerance for medication of any kind in the horse. No asprin, nada. Each horse must jog sound for the officiating vet before he is allowed to compete. This is to make sure the horse is sound and in no pain.
So I'm not sure what made you nauseated in the warm up....