Proving again that the truth is stranger than fiction...
I’ll be picking out a specific case out of the hundreds
I’ve worked on in the past years and give you a brief
rendition of the facts and outcome. And, I may cover pertinent equine related topics.
Taking advantage of situations that have occurred to others may lead
you to say things to yourself like, “Boy I’m glad
that didn’t happen to me!” Anyway, for sheer entertainment
value, you’ll like them.
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NAES BLOG - February 2019
Through the years, I have been asked to review many cases where the failure of someone to do their job, caused the death or serious injury to a third party. The tragic results have caused several horses to die a horrible death and several more horse people who perhaps were drivers or spectators to also perish.
A recent case that comes to mind occurred in Pennsylvania at a large county fair. The result of a participating horse not being securely put in a stall, which had been provided by the facility, caused a middle aged woman to die from a long and painful death three months later.
In the above case, it’s common for folks participating at an event, to either place the horse in a separate stall, or have someone hold the horse while waiting to participate in the class. So all it would have taken would have been for the horse’s owner to simply hold onto his horse.
Many people would say that simply keeping a horse tied to the trailer he arrived in, would be just fine. The problem, as was demonstrated in the above case, was fireworks which spooked the horse to pull back then broke the lead rope, then exited facility at the run and crossed a busy road during rush hour which caused several cars to collide, with the driver of the last car running into the first vehicle from the rear. The police said there was no way whatsoever for her to NOT rear end car number one.
And all the above, caused by the horse not being in a stall, or held by the horse’s owner, (The owner was up in the grandstands watching one of his buddies performing).…… yup, it only takes one person not doing their job to cause serious injuries or deaths.
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February 2019
Many years ago the mantra often repeated by the media, was that the rise of computers will give the average person much more free and leisure time.
Of course, how sad our lives are now simply owing to much more complexities from all quarters of life.
What I’m getting to is the clear necessity to keep track of all your personal and equine business doings.
So at the beginning of our new year 2019 is the best time to keep track of ALL items and file everything, that is, ALWAYS KEEP THE ORIGINAL PAPERWORK.
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