rider in Calgary Stampede event injured when her horse died of apparent heart attack and fell on her
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Monday, July 12, 2010 | 10:27 PM MT
CBC News
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Officials hold up tarps to shield the horse from the public after it
collapsed and died on Sunday evening. Officials hold up tarps to shield
the horse from the public after it collapsed and died on Sunday evening.
(CBC)
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Amy Carver suffered a traumatic head injury and a broken shoulder blade
after falling from her horse. Amy Carver suffered a traumatic head
injury and a broken shoulder blade after falling from her horse.
(Courtesy Chinook Team Penning Association)
A rider is in hospital after her horse suffered a suspected heart attack
and fell on her during a Calgary Stampede event.
Amy Carver was competing in the team cattle penning event on Sunday
evening when her horse collapsed, causing her to fall and strike her
head. She was then pinned under the animal for a few moments.
Carver is in intensive care in a Calgary hospital with a traumatic head
injury and a broken shoulder blade, said a statement released by her
family on Monday.
In team penning, three riders on horseback have 60 seconds to separate
three kinds of cattle from a herd of 30 and place them into a pen at the
opposite end of the arena. The event calls for speed and teamwork.
Carver was competing with her father and brother at the time of the
accident.
"The family is guardedly optimistic of a full recovery although with
injuries of this nature it is much to early to tell. The family wishes
to express thanks for all the support," they said.
Veterinarian Dennis Rach said the animal, which was 10 to 15 years old,
died instantly which probably spared its rider from further injury.
Rach said the horse was otherwise healthy and whatever led to its demise
would not have been caught in a standard pre-event examination.
"You wouldn't pick this up with an electrocardiogram even before. This
is usually related to a rupture of the pulmonary artery or an
electro-cardiovascular event," he told CBC News.
The Calgary Humane Society is waiting for a final report on the horse's
death and will see if anything could have been done differently, said a
spokesperson.
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