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Another loose horse this morning.

West Australian Racing
sconecupsconecup    62 posts
edited November -1 West Australian Racing
just had a call on a loose horse this morning. Any particulars?
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  • Unknown
    ended up on the windscreen of a limo
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  • sconecupsconecup    62 posts
    Doesn't sound good, Any truth it was an interstate raider? would be all over here by now if it was...
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  • sconecupsconecup    62 posts
    http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/horse-euthanised-at-the-scene-after-hit-by-car/story-e6frg13u-1226195559350
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    jeez, wasnt an aquanita horse was it?
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  • sconecupsconecup    62 posts
    They have the driver interview on the news link now. He is upset with the turf club.
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  • TiversTivers    7,720 posts
    Assume the references to Belmont should actually read Ascot ?
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  • TheFunksterTheFunkster    3,840 posts
    If this happened in the project i'm on they would shut the job down and not re-start until safe to do so!
    Incidents like this have the potential to kill people not just the horses!
    They really need to do something about securing the area so that horses can not escape. And it doesn't matter how much it costs, these all to regular occurances are an unacceptable risk in an industry that is already way too dangerous!
    Here's another insurance claim and/or litigation that PR will need to settle.
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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    Anyone know what the name of the horse was, or whose stable it was?
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,486 posts
    that is a very selfish, unwarranted comment, Diva.... :x
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  • GENGEN    174 posts
    I have suggested on several occasions over the years and as recently as the last incedent, at a trainers meeting, that the precinct of Ascot should be cordoned of and each street cul de sac'd, with Epsom Ave the only exit/entry point, to prevent this happening again. My suggestion was mooted, being too radical or expensive and it was too much to have all the inhabitants (horse and non horse people) "inconvenienced".
    It is only a matter of time when it happens again, not if it happens but when!
    as proved by this recent tragedy.
    Maybe when they are widening the Great Eastern highway in front of Ascot, they might act on this
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  • Raff_2000Raff_2000    802 posts
    I always tell myself how important it is to "stay focused" when working with horses on race day. As friendly and well behaved as they generally are they can still be unpredictable at any tick of the clock (as many other animals can be too).

    Very sad news and I pass on my condolences to the car driver, the trainer and owners of the horse the and the jockey or track work rider who unfortunately came off.
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
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    that is a very selfish, unwarranted comment, Diva.... :x

    sorry what was selfish and unwarranted?
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,988 posts
    there was also a horse that dumped a rider on the sand, presume it was a harmless fall
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,486 posts
    specifying "aquinita"....some other poor devil is no doubt devastated..
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
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    specifying "aquinita"....some other poor devil is no doubt devastated..

    no doubt but that doesnt change my position....hope it wasnt an aquanita horse....
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  • Brunswick_cowBrunswick_cow    341 posts
    said:

    there was also a horse that dumped a rider on the sand, presume it was a harmless fall

    heard on 6pr that it was a horse working on the sand, dumped it's rider then made it's way threw an open gate escaped.....so possibly the same horse!!!...this was what was told from the bosses at Perth Racing to the driver of the car who was being intervied on 6pr this morning!!!
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,988 posts
    said:

    said:

    there was also a horse that dumped a rider on the sand, presume it was a harmless fall

    heard on 6pr that it was a horse working on the sand, dumped it's rider then made it's way threw an open gate escaped.....so possibly the same horse!!!...this was what was told from the bosses at Perth Racing to the driver of the car who was being intervied on 6pr this morning!!!
    hope that is not the case because that horse was going quite slowly in real terms, having run a complete lap on the sand. It couldn't be the same horse as the one in the accident looks to be a bay and I think the loose one this morning was a gray
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,486 posts
    you'd have heard if it one of simons, matt. unless that blowie is still buzzing around in his gullet and he can't talk... :lol:
    probably belongs to some little ozzie battler with no insurance.

    no doubt there will be some litigation, repairs to the car, mental anguish etc.
    who is liable..the custodian of the horse or the turf club? moot point!!!
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  • fourleggedfriendfourleggedfriend    108 posts
    A real tragedy for all concerned.

    While on the topic of horses and cars, does anybody know how Warrick Proudlove is doing ? He's the young Claremont footballer who while traveling on the Albany H'way north of Mt Barker, was seriously injured in a motor accident after hitting a straying horse.

    That was back in July and news is slow to get around if it's good ... last heard he wasn't fairing very well.

    Have fingers crossed and chucked a 20 in a Proudlove Foundation tin ... hope the young fella is ok.
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  • ablesonableson    27 posts
    it was a branko rudez trained horse roslyn binder the rider took no harm from the fall
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  • Unknown
    Ascot needs to be reduced as a training venue IMO
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  • VoodooVoodoo    1,371 posts
    said:

    Ascot needs to be reduced as a training venue IMO

    Is there a facility to take up the required numbers ?
    What would you suggest ???????


    cheers
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,988 posts
    edited November 2011
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    Ascot needs to be reduced as a training venue IMO

    You may need to speak to The Lands Office / State Govt / Belmont City Council re the rezoning into R100 blocks of all that currently zoned R10 house and stables area. Otherwise you will wipe millions of dollars off the value of the property holdings of 250 or so land owners

    So when this is done, where do they relocate to ?
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  • LuckyLongshotsLuckyLongshots    4,270 posts
    Gen's suggestion is the one that needs to be put in place - I can't believe how horse people are so against a safety initiative such as this!

    It'll only take one death, and watch the s&#t fight then!
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  • GoogleGoogle    6 posts
    What will be the next outcome of a loose horse on GT Eastern Hwy, perhaps a family with kids in the car, blocking all entrances to the area is the only solution I agree with Gen, leave Epsom avenue as the only entry point from Gt eastern highway. Put a manned boom gate there for cars to enter during trackwork hours.
    Diva take it from someone who has lost a horse the same way, it dosn't matter what its breeding is, it is devistating
    and affects a lot of people owners trainers riders.
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  • TheFunksterTheFunkster    3,840 posts
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    What will be the next outcome of a loose horse on GT Eastern Hwy, perhaps a family with kids in the car, blocking all entrances to the area is the only solution I agree with Gen, leave Epsom avenue as the only entry point from Gt eastern highway. Put a manned boom gate there for cars to enter during trackwork hours.
    Diva take it from someone who has lost a horse the same way, it dosn't matter what its breeding is, it is devistating
    and affects a lot of people owners trainers riders.

    Manned boom gate - err no.
    Horse proof barrier with swipe card access for residents and industry people maybe. Or just leave the Epsom Ave access only. Chances are the horse will run up one of the other (blocked off) side-streets b4 Epsom
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    said:

    What will be the next outcome of a loose horse on GT Eastern Hwy, perhaps a family with kids in the car, blocking all entrances to the area is the only solution I agree with Gen, leave Epsom avenue as the only entry point from Gt eastern highway. Put a manned boom gate there for cars to enter during trackwork hours.
    Diva take it from someone who has lost a horse the same way, it dosn't matter what its breeding is, it is devistating
    and affects a lot of people owners trainers riders.

    I never referred to the breeding. its tragic that this happens to whomever.
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  • GoogleGoogle    6 posts
    said:

    said:

    What will be the next outcome of a loose horse on GT Eastern Hwy, perhaps a family with kids in the car, blocking all entrances to the area is the only solution I agree with Gen, leave Epsom avenue as the only entry point from Gt eastern highway. Put a manned boom gate there for cars to enter during trackwork hours.
    Diva take it from someone who has lost a horse the same way, it dosn't matter what its breeding is, it is devistating
    and affects a lot of people owners trainers riders.

    Manned boom gate - err no.
    Horse proof barrier with swipe card access for residents and industry people maybe. Or just leave the Epsom Ave access only. Chances are the horse will run up one of the other (blocked off) side-streets b4 Epsom
    CHANCES???? Lives of the public and horses need not to be left to CHANCES! Swipe cards for a gate is a good idea
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,486 posts
    "anybody", Matt..no such word as "whomever".
    Thus endeth the lesson... :wink:
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    said:

    "anybody", Matt..no such word as "whomever".
    Thus endeth the lesson... :wink:

    World English Dictionary
    whomever (huːmˈɛvə)

    ? pron
    the objective form of whoever : I'll hire whomever I can find
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