Tragic horse deaths at Stampede
Posted Jul 12, 2010 11:24 pm.
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It has been a tragic 24 hours at the Calgary Stampede.
Four horses have died and a rider was seriously injured.
Most recently, an outrider’s horse during the chuckwagon races pulled up with an apparent injury and then collapsed.
Meanwhile, Doug Fraser from the Stampede tells 660News a horse broke its back during the Novice Saddle Bronc event and was humanely euthanized.
The second horse death happened around 6:30 this morning when a driver was out on the practice track when his horse suffered a heart attack.
Last night, another horse suffered a heart attack during a competition at the Saddledome. Amy Carver hit her head when the horse rolled over her. She remains in intensive care.
