http://www.ridehesten.com/en/Heste-nyheder/SeNyhed/?ID=19902
He got cast in the temporary stabling at Falsterbo…now in recovery after surgery…
:eek: I’m speechless.
ouch. Hoping for a good recovery!
We invest so much money on raising, training, vet, farrier, horse show fees, and boarding, but once we get to the horse shows, we often have to accept sub-standard stabling. Then we ask our horses - even top competition horses - to perform their best after standing and (trying) to sleep in a 10 x 10. It would be the same as sleeping in a car before a big game. Who does that ?
It just doesn’t make any sense.
I feel for the stakeholders of this nice stallion…hopefully he’ll make a full recovery and be back in the show ring.
It is a horrible injury, but I have high hopes he will recover completely. We had one do this (just one leg) with the entire rear cannon bone exposed. He healed completely with just a tiny scar. Here’s hoping we see the same with this lovely boy.
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We invest so much money on raising, training, vet, farrier, horse show fees, and boarding, but once we get to the horse shows, we often have to accept sub-standard stabling. Then we ask our horses - even top competition horses - to perform their best after standing and (trying) to sleep in a 10 x 10. It would be the same as sleeping in a car before a big game. Who does that ?
It just doesn’t make any sense.
I feel for the stakeholders of this nice stallion…hopefully he’ll make a full recovery and be back in the show ring.[/QUOTE]
I was thinking the same thing when I was at a 3* event last weekend. Many top horses, and the stabling is rickety and unbelievably cramped. You could hardly get horses out through the narrow aisles that were full of equipment, and most stalls were closed with a stall guard haphazardly held up with a couple loops of baling twine.
I’m a bit surprised this guy didn’t have standing wraps on. I hope he heals well, and quickly!
A gelding belonging to a friend of mine degloved the entire hind leg from just below the hock.
The horse was turned out to heal (don’t ask 
) and came away with barely a scar.
I didn’t believe it was the same horse, frankly. Hopefully he’ll recover just as well.
Did this injury just happen ? I heard Sir Donnerhall Ii had injured himself at a show in July? Just wondering if this was a second injury.
Thanks for catching that. Yes, you’re correct…the injury happened in July, and the linked article (which says “current”) was only recently posted on another site, where I saw it.
I saw this on another forum. Horrible that it happened, especially since it could have been prevented.
Show management needs to step up and make sure that the facilities are as safe as possible for all horses.
Hoping that he has a complete recovery and can return to competition.
It’s one of the stranger aspects of showing horses…that so much attention is put on the front of the house, such as a million dollar jumper Grand Prix, or the push for more CDI’s in California.
Yet the back of the house remains substandard for the athletes who are expected to compete.
My horse de-gloved a hind leg, not that severe but it was still bad. He healed up just fine with a scar.
And I agree about show stabling. I saw a horse ($$$$ hunter) get his hoof caught in between bent bars in a temporary stall. They had to cut him out. Horse survived but from what I heard was never quite sound again.
Does anyone have an update on how SD II is healing?
