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I'm sure horses have dropped dead but I don't think that's that common? More break legs etc and are put to sleep which is sad.
Wasn't it Mill Reef who broke a leg and they made him better? He was only the second horse to ever recover from such an injury and the cost was huge but his owner loved him. There's a statue at the national stud saying about it. I beat Mill Reef wasn't whipped or mistreated. Most owners love their horses. And not all race horses are miserable. My friend does point to point. Her horse lives in a nice field by her house with a donkey and another horse and goes for rides in the woods and is very happy. Better than being abandoned in a field.
Go golden kite tomorrow!!!
We are currently nursing one back to helath, she actually slipped her ligament of off her hock, and that was on the flat :shrug: she has undergone an operation and is in a plaster cast for the next 6 weeks. Recently nursed another one back to health after cracking a bone in hind leg (not badly) that is now in a hacking home but on the other hand we had one put down 2 weeks ago that had cracked a bone in its foot, that was out in the field so not alays racing.
As Hepburn said, "You won't please all the people all the time"