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Two event horses - Jaeda and All Aboard - died at different North American competitions over the weekend, but not due to the courses....
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Silent Crisis A Montgomery County, TX pathologist ruled Justin Nelzen, the 40-year-old owner of EquiPro, committed suicide by hanging. He died at his residence on Wednesday, January 11. Nelzen worked as a farrier and horse ...
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Justin Nelzen became the nation's horse hero when he saved over 25 horses from Houston's raging floods last spring. Now, he is gone. ...
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Update September 6, 2016 We now know the identity of the little girl that died after a horse riding accident at a New Hampshire horse show over the weekend. Four-year-old Mackennah Caulder was fatally injured after the hors...
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Rebecca 'Becca' Weissbard, of Manorville, was competing at the HITS-on-the-Hudson VII hunter/jumper show. The accomplished rider won a 1.0-meter jumper class with the mare Remember Me prior to her accident this afternoon....
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Georgia Equestrian A Georgia equestrian was mauled to death Monday by her boyfriend’s pit bull while he was at work, according to authorities. Michelle Wilcox, 30, of Savannah, was found dead in a horrific scene at the...
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Washington racing trainer Monique Snowden committed suicide Sunday night hours after a promising two-year-old from her stable broke down on the track. “She wouldn’t leave me and leave the horses like this withou...
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Six-time Olympian Frank Chapot died Monday, June 20 in New Jersey at the age of 84. The show jumping legend bred Gem Twist.
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Sudden Death The abandoned mare that recently made national headlines after she was adopted by Jon and Tracey Stewart has died. Lily passed peacefully Sunday surrounded by those that loved her, according to a statement on Th...
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A 33-year-old equestrian died Saturday after falling from her horse at the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event in New Jersey, organizers confirm. Michigan resident Philippa Humphreys and her 13-year gelding Rich N Fa...
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Head trauma Members of the Escondido Mounted Posse are mourning the death of one of their riders who fell Saturday after the Lakeside Western Days Parade. Fifty-two-year-old horse trainer Diana Cavender was returning her hor...
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The Aiken County Coroner's office has ruled the death of a 12-year-old equestrian at Paradise Farm in South Carolina an accident. Kimberley Roach, of Ohio, died of severe head trauma....
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International show jumper Andres Rodriguez died hours after a fatal car crash claimed the life of his passenger early Monday morning in Florida. Alcohol was a factor in the single vehicle accident, according to officials....
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The eventing community is mourning the loss of one of the sport's legends. Olympic medalist Karen Stives died on Friday after a valiant battle with lung cancer. She was 64-years-old....
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A member of the U.S. National Polo Team is dead after a three vehicle crash on Thursday. Ohio State Highway Patrol said Will Tankard, of Aiken, South Carolina, was hauling 10 polo horses when the accident happened....
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An exceptional horse that touched the masses through his multiple careers has died at the age of 42. Lord Nelson died on April 12, 2015 at Gales Way Farm in New Jersey....
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Monensin toxicity is to blame for the horses' deaths at Masterpiece Equestrian Center. Click to read a poem by one of the children who loss her horses....
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A show jumping star was lost Sunday. Sapphire, the mare known for her triumphant career with McLain Ward that included Olympic team gold medals in 2004 and 2008, died from from colic. Enjoy a video tribute of her illustrious...
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Blanco is best known around the world as Shadowfax for his role in the Lord of the Rings....
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Polo legend Carlos Gracida died on February 25, 2014 after a freak accident during a polo tournament in Wellington....
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After a long battle with cancer, Midge Leitch, VMD, DACVS, a woman known widely as a champion for equine welfare issues, died Saturday....
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A polarizing figure, the rancher was also known to many in the horse industry as "Slaughterhouse Sue." Wallis led a passionate fight to return horse slaughter plants to U.S. soil for human consumption....
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At the closing ceremony celebrating Claire Davis' life, her saddle and blanket were removed from her horse, Graphite, and given to her parents. And the light from her candle was spread throughout the stadium....
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A celebration is scheduled to remember the life of 17 year-old equestrian Claire Davis. She died eight days after being shot in the head by a lone gunman at Arapahoe High School in Colorado....
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Seventeen year-old equestrian Claire Davis died Saturday afternoon. She was wounded during the Colorado school shooting on December 13 at Arapahoe High School....
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A school shooter left equestrian Claire Davis critically wounded during Friday's shooting at Arapahoe High School in Colorado. ...
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Those touched by the Sandy Hook School shooting have focused their grief in various ways and continue living for those whose precious lives were snuffed out too soon....
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Showjumper Damian Gardiner lost his brave battle with esophageal cancer on September 11....
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Bryan Anderson was considered an ambitious international competitor, and was named to the Canadian Equestrian Team (CET) short list in 1987. In 1990, Anderson represented Canada as a member of the CET at the 1990 World Cup F...
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The Hagyard Equine Medical Institute is mourning the loss of a veterinarian's wife. Christine Brown died of a broken neck, according to an autopsy performed Thursday. Brown, who fell from her horse, was the wife of Stuart Br...
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Losing any horse is hard. But saying goodbye to a great one pushed the difficulty to another level when Colonels Smoking Gun, known worldwide simply as “Gunner”, lost his battle with laminitis....
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