@TheNotSoEmoHunters This horse didn't break anything and Eight Belles broke her ankle(s), not her legs...but hey, let's all perpetuate nonsense because that seems to be what most of the people commenting on this video are best at!
Did anyone with any knowledge analyze the incident? It almost looks as if the horse is attempting a jump. Could he have been daydreaming that he was approaching the next jump? Could he have seen something in front of him that spooked him? It doesn't look like an ordinary stumble. Very strange.
@JuliaStuxberg his leg is not broken, he likely didn't continue because he was distracted. Wikipedia says "Jockey Dick Francis later stated that a loud cheer from the crowd, for an expected Royal winner, distracting the horse is a more likely explanation." The horse was put down in 1963.
@reptilemaster100 I don't think~ he didn't break his leg. I know~ he didn't break his leg. Also, being eighteen years old doesn't make you an expert; it actually makes you little more than a kid. <3
@reptilemaster100 your still a moron, Devon Loch (1946–1963) was a famous racehorse that is probably best remembered for its involvement in the 1956 Grand National steeplechase, when owned by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
@reptilemaster100 This horse did not break anything~ and if you think that your child of a brother is a valid resource, I am scared for the future of veterinary medicine.
Yes I know horses aren't stupid but the stupidity was the horse thought the jump to the left was also in front...proof is in the video..really would be stupid to look for another reason coz there isn't one!!..
Probably he was trying to jump an ideal obstacle (maybe he thinks about an obstacle of the white pole[?] {because horses can watch only laterally, so close in front}) because his ears (if you watch) shot foward (like every thoroughbred before an obstacle jump). But when he jumped, his behind legs slipped on the track and he broke down.
Yes came to this thanx to inside natures giants..lol ...but no mystery at all otherwise the water jump wouldn't hav been directly to the horses left...I'm sorry but it doesn't take sherlock holmes to work this out..no exhaustion..no heart attack....just plain old stupidity on horses part..lol...
@duster15670 Err horses aren't stupid and would never intentionally harm themselves. How do you think they train show jumping horses? They think it hurts to hit the poll but the moment they learn it doesn't they don't work as hard. They're clever and to make a good horse you have to trick them.
Maybe he did slip but it almost looks like when he did put his hind legs in for a jump he let them collapse. maybe from exhaustion, maybe he done it on purpose. Maybe he did hallucinate and jump, we won't know why he did it. it could have been intentional. I ride horses a fair bit and even the good ones have weird sparky moments, though that one is a little insane I'll admit. Hmm...
So obvious he saw water jump to left of himself as he came down the course and jumped seeing that and not in front of him..why are there theorys to what happened when its so obvious??!!!!??!
@zuza452 \it was a joke, geese, people take things way to serious. I love horses and it makes me sad if he broke his legs, i didnt know that, not need to get all mad, im sorry, i promise i wasnt trying to me mean, hheh, i have been riding forever and i dont find it funny either about that, and that wasnt even me, that was my friend on my account.... :3
@inspiratae At first i thought he did because when the horse stood up it looked like his front hooves were sideways. I think i need to get my eyes checked.
@ridingxruffian well im sorry but i wasnt sure is the horses name was that, national fall, or nara. im sorry that i didnt take the time to google it before commenting.
SAF makes this horse porpular today ...hahahahaha ....am here cos of him.......I love United ...we won in style ..good to peck money bag off champions league and PL hahahah
@imjackcooper how did this comment get 40 likes in 3 hours? this is why youtube wll always be a mystery- i don't care how good/not good a comment like this is, 40 people have not given it a thumbs up in 3 hours. completely and utterly false, and youtube can't get its rating system decided.
@wfcyellow because in a title deciding game of football in england the winning manager said 'dont even mention devon loch' obviously a reference for people in his generation, many, like myself didnt have a clue what he was on about so i googled it and this is the first thing that came up. hence the 40 likes.
@wfcyellow as apomerenke said, at the end of a match watched by many many millions of people globally one of the most famous people involved mentioned not doing a 'devon loch' myself and countless others have never heard of this incident as it happend looong before i was born so we turn to google to find out whats happening and that leads us here :)
@wfcyellow Only the most important game of Manchester Uniteds season so far, being said in the post match interview was the name Devon Loch, Many fans searched it and found this clip... over 300million united fans, i'd say 40 likes is nothing.
I've little to no interest in horse racing, but could it be that the horse just slipped on its hindlegs? It does look like its going to jump though raising its legs up high & there is some form of ditch visible on the non-track meters from where it falls.
Have they ever come to any definitive conclusion of why the horse went down?
it is amazing the horse didnt snap it's back legs looking at the way it landed, and how the jockey stayed mounted I do not know, I have often wondered why the horse jumped the invisible fence, was it because he saw something in his peripheral vision or wasit the jockeys error?
I was 9 years old and this was the only Grand National I went to. I was on the rails across from where Devon Loch fell. I remember the crowd cheering and the silence when it happened. My dad said the horse was spooked by the roar of the crowd or he thought he was jumping another fence. I will never forget it. I remember the horse walking fine after with no apparent injuries.
I was 9 years old and this was the only Grand National I went to. I was on the rails across from where Devon Loch fell. I remember the crowd cheering and the silence when it happened. My dad said the horse was spooked by the roar of the crowd or he thought he was jumping another fence. I will never forget it.
@laurenandmrmax Yes, I do in fact want to tell you the horse was uninjured because I, unlike you, can do research. The only injury this horse suffered was a pulled muscle. Horses bend their legs all the time. There is a famous photograph of Rags To RIches stumbling out of the starting gate at the Belmont Stakes and I personally, riding cross country (I event) see it happen when horses trip landing after a drop fence.
I wonder if the horse thought that short fence sticking out perpendicular into the infield was another jump to clear and did a half hearted leap? Maybe saw it in his peripheral vision.
Erm uninjured is technically incorrect as it did sprain muscles and by the way he moves after probably gave himself a nasty graze on his pasterns. However, it is quite clear that he didn't suffer anything as serious as ligament damage or broken bones as he puts weight on all limbs and doesn't appear majorly lame. I'd be more concerned as to the cause in case it reoccurred.
The horse was completely fine, everyone! Anyone who is saying otherwise can just sit there in their wrongness and be wrong if they're too lazy to type a name into Google. (:
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The horse was injured. It is obvious in this video and it is on record that it was. What exactly do you need to call it injured, blood and body parts flying into the stands?
am just sayin ffs :| its just abnormal when it gets up and its practically standing up on the front of its pasterns ae? and am naw dim i know what am talking about tooo
I didn't know horses' legs could flatten out like that. I can't imagine what that would do to an American Thoroughbred today. Brilliant jockey...eh, but I guess the fall was the Decider in the winner of the race ;)
@ridingxruffian ohh, sorry! :D But look at the last seconds of the vid.. He can't stay normal.. and he relief his right leg!! If the Horse doesn't injure, the jockey dosen't go down of him!!?? And he goes..
God bless Dick Francis, jockey of Devon Loch, who passed in Feb. 2010 and whose memorial service was yesterday in Trafalgar Square. Mr. Francis became an internationally known mystery writer whose novels revolved around the horse racing world.
@ridingxruffian What is with you? Sorry but at the moment I really don´t know what you mean. When did I call you idiot? -.-* Please show me the comment.
Shut up for yourself and if you must know it, YES I can use a search engine, I use(d) it always if I search something. And sometimes I find rude people or some guys who don´t know what they are saying, you for example.-.-
@Rimfaxe96@ridingxruffian Sorry; the 'idiot' bit was referring to IRide4TheBlue. Actually, I'm not particularly sorry because you really need to use that fine tool the search engine and look up Devon Loch.
@ridingxruffian I always use the search engine. I don´t have the time to search throguh youtube just to find a good music or horse or whatever video. ;)
how can you say the horse was uninjured? Were you there? Because at :09 it is evident the horse broke his left front leg as he cannot stand on it and its being flailed around. So unless you were there, I'm left leaving this video knowing that no, the horse was NOT okay.
@cartierluvv213 It's the Grand National--thousands and thousands were there, the horse was a few hundred feet from the finish line and in the lead, and every single person watched him fall and get off the track totally fine. He raced again and won again, too--don't be lazy; look up Devon Loch. It was a huge fiasco.
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@ridingxruffian Yes, horses do run again after injuries because they are shot up with meds as are all racers at some point. And please do not refute that fact because my grandfather and greatgrandfather worked in the busines and saw it happen all the time.
ha ha my grandad was watchin this at the time with his brother in law,when Devon Loch did the splits Uncle Ted said quite seriously, 'ah the poor Queen Mum',2 which my grandad replied in typical scouse fashion..'f*** the Queen Mum,my moneys on ESB!'!
That's an excellent piece of observation by RidingxRuffian. His back hoof does seem to clip the front one, after he takes a slightly longer stride than usual. That would explain why the horse seemed to go down of his own accord. He actually won two races after this.
Goes to show how strong the thoroughbred breed used to be... coming out of a fall like that with no injuries... if any thoroughbred from our time had a fall like that, it would most likely break a leg or something...
The horse broke both front ankles... Just like Eight belles but I think she actually broke her legs. But it's close.
TheNotSoEmoHunters 1 month ago
@TheNotSoEmoHunters This horse didn't break anything and Eight Belles broke her ankle(s), not her legs...but hey, let's all perpetuate nonsense because that seems to be what most of the people commenting on this video are best at!
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
Did anyone with any knowledge analyze the incident? It almost looks as if the horse is attempting a jump. Could he have been daydreaming that he was approaching the next jump? Could he have seen something in front of him that spooked him? It doesn't look like an ordinary stumble. Very strange.
BeeryUSA 1 month ago
you can see that the horse cant put weight on the leg. its broken, og uí hate galopp
JuliaStuxberg 3 months ago
@JuliaStuxberg his leg is not broken, he likely didn't continue because he was distracted. Wikipedia says "Jockey Dick Francis later stated that a loud cheer from the crowd, for an expected Royal winner, distracting the horse is a more likely explanation." The horse was put down in 1963.
denabluechicken 3 months ago
I remember this, was Dick Francis riding?
AnimalLeftist 3 months ago
@AnimalLeftist Dick Francis is riding.
ridingxruffian 3 months ago
@ridingxruffian, whew, at least one functioning memory cell! Thanks:)
AnimalLeftist 3 months ago
Gary Neville sent me here.
KingOfPing1 3 months ago
@KingOfPing1 haha me too!
hughrjc 3 months ago
Can't you see that he broke his ankle? Thats why he jumped like that. It was to get off of the leg from so much pain.
theAPHArider 4 months ago
@theAPHArider He was uninjured.
ridingxruffian 4 months ago
@ridingxruffian umm yes he was...watch his front left leg from 0:08-0:10
His leg is boviously broken.
theAPHArider 4 months ago
@theAPHArider Do I have to spell it out? H-e w-a-s u-n-i-n-j-u-r-e-d.
ridingxruffian 4 months ago 3
@ridingxruffian ok whatever.....you obviously can't see it
theAPHArider 4 months ago
@theAPHArider Are you just wholly incapable of using a search engine or...?
ridingxruffian 4 months ago
@ridingxruffian wow i cant believe u dont think he broke his leg because my 18 yearold brother works competition horses and so do i
reptilemaster100 3 months ago
@reptilemaster100 I don't think~ he didn't break his leg. I know~ he didn't break his leg. Also, being eighteen years old doesn't make you an expert; it actually makes you little more than a kid. <3
ridingxruffian 3 months ago
@ridingxruffian ik but he works with the same kind of horses and he worked with something like this before
reptilemaster100 3 months ago
@reptilemaster100 He's also very incorrect if he's still saying this horse broke anything more than the hearts of those who bet on him.
ridingxruffian 3 months ago
@reptilemaster100 LOL, your eighteen-year-old kid brother does not~ work with this kind of horse--these are the most elite in all of England.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
@inspiratae he does i think i would know wat kind of horses he works with
reptilemaster100 4 weeks ago
@reptilemaster100 Prove it.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
@inspiratae how do u ant me to prove it
reptilemaster100 4 weeks ago
@reptilemaster100 I'm not going to make you embarrass yourself trying, love.
inspiratae 3 weeks ago
@reptilemaster100 your and idiot
dearnapst 2 months ago
@dearnapst i know horses the leg is broken
reptilemaster100 2 months ago
@reptilemaster100 your still a moron, Devon Loch (1946–1963) was a famous racehorse that is probably best remembered for its involvement in the 1956 Grand National steeplechase, when owned by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
dearnapst 2 months ago
@dearnapst The leg is broken
reptilemaster100 1 month ago
@reptilemaster100 you complete stupidity and stubborness, say it all, wouldn't let you near any horse of mine
dearnapst 1 month ago
@dearnapst i know about horses the leg is broken that same thing just happen to my friends mom has she was training it
reptilemaster100 1 month ago
@reptilemaster100 right that makes you both a vet and a doctor
dearnapst 1 month ago
@reptilemaster100 This horse did not break anything~.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
@reptilemaster100 This horse did not break anything~.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
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@reptilemaster100 This horse did not break anything~.
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@ridingxruffian wow i cant believe u dont think he broke his leg because my 18 yearold brother works with competition horses and so do i
reptilemaster100 3 months ago
@reptilemaster100 This horse did not break anything~ and if you think that your child of a brother is a valid resource, I am scared for the future of veterinary medicine.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
Hahaa, this was John Terry today!
0161scott 4 months ago 6
@kernow31426955
Yes I know horses aren't stupid but the stupidity was the horse thought the jump to the left was also in front...proof is in the video..really would be stupid to look for another reason coz there isn't one!!..
duster15670 5 months ago
Probably he was trying to jump an ideal obstacle (maybe he thinks about an obstacle of the white pole[?] {because horses can watch only laterally, so close in front}) because his ears (if you watch) shot foward (like every thoroughbred before an obstacle jump). But when he jumped, his behind legs slipped on the track and he broke down.
(sorry my english, I'm Italian)
DaturaOkami 5 months ago
*insert LeBron James joke here*
hitmancoolio 5 months ago
Yes came to this thanx to inside natures giants..lol ...but no mystery at all otherwise the water jump wouldn't hav been directly to the horses left...I'm sorry but it doesn't take sherlock holmes to work this out..no exhaustion..no heart attack....just plain old stupidity on horses part..lol...
duster15670 5 months ago
@duster15670 Err horses aren't stupid and would never intentionally harm themselves. How do you think they train show jumping horses? They think it hurts to hit the poll but the moment they learn it doesn't they don't work as hard. They're clever and to make a good horse you have to trick them.
Kernow31426955 5 months ago
@kernow31426955
Obvious again as the water was lower to the left so judgement was all out and legs would hav come back down in its mind to make the jump!!
duster15670 5 months ago
Are we all here because of " inside natures giants" XD lol
charliesmakinme 5 months ago 2
Maybe he did slip but it almost looks like when he did put his hind legs in for a jump he let them collapse. maybe from exhaustion, maybe he done it on purpose. Maybe he did hallucinate and jump, we won't know why he did it. it could have been intentional. I ride horses a fair bit and even the good ones have weird sparky moments, though that one is a little insane I'll admit. Hmm...
Kernow31426955 5 months ago
So obvious he saw water jump to left of himself as he came down the course and jumped seeing that and not in front of him..why are there theorys to what happened when its so obvious??!!!!??!
duster15670 5 months ago
@duster15670 Well if that's true why didn't he make the jump?
Kernow31426955 5 months ago
Is it Phar lap or ...
zuza452 6 months ago
@zuza452 This horse is named Devon Loch and was owned by the queen.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
the horse most likely saw a shadow or somthing and he spooked and he tried to jump it and failed horses do this more than you think
runwildnfree 6 months ago
I've seen this before. The jockey said the horse attempted to jump a shadow.
1956tlm 8 months ago
it's so sad :(
zuza452 8 months ago
It looks like the horse broke his left front foot, but apparently he went on to live a few more years afterwards.
cheshirecatalyst62 8 months ago
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@cheshirecatalyst62 This horse did not break anything~.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
hahaahaha thats funny. "I beleive i can slide!"
ponypnyponypower 9 months ago
@ponypnyponypower Ha ha ha Can I hit You on You're head!!! It isn't funny it's soooo sad he can broke legs
zuza452 6 months ago
@zuza452 \it was a joke, geese, people take things way to serious. I love horses and it makes me sad if he broke his legs, i didnt know that, not need to get all mad, im sorry, i promise i wasnt trying to me mean, hheh, i have been riding forever and i dont find it funny either about that, and that wasnt even me, that was my friend on my account.... :3
ponypnyponypower 6 months ago
@ponypnyponypower sory I suffered
zuza452 6 months ago
@zuza452
its ok....
ponypnyponypower 6 months ago
@ponypnyponypower This horse did not break anything~.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
@inspiratae
I know
ponypnyponypower 4 weeks ago
@inspiratae At first i thought he did because when the horse stood up it looked like his front hooves were sideways. I think i need to get my eyes checked.
ponypnyponypower 4 weeks ago
@zuza452 This horse did not break anything~.
inspiratae 4 weeks ago
@zuza452
I love horses. As i said, It was my friend. I'm Sorry.
ponypnyponypower 4 weeks ago
wait, who is this horse? that fall looks painful... shame on us people who somehow cause this wether we know it or not. it all starts in breeding...
ZenyattaLuvr 9 months ago
@ZenyattaLuvr Um, it had nothing to do with people and if you actually read, it's obviously Devon Loch.
ridingxruffian 9 months ago
@ridingxruffian well im sorry but i wasnt sure is the horses name was that, national fall, or nara. im sorry that i didnt take the time to google it before commenting.
ZenyattaLuvr 9 months ago
@daisydooker yes it would be.
RUTHLESSS0ULJA 9 months ago
Why the Hell are there so many Man U fans commenting on a vid about racing
comeonshaymen 10 months ago
Did anyone know, SAF's Dad backed this, LOL jk, you all know.... LONG LIVE SIR ALEX.
frebzter 10 months ago
I like the fact nobody has picked me up on the fact I spelt Ferguson wrong.
imjackcooper 10 months ago
Huh?! I wonder out of 119,000 view, how many came here because of Sir Alex's interview... lol.
lolipedofin 10 months ago
Glory glory Man United. Thanks SAF, this is the funniest thing i have seen
RUTHLESSS0ULJA 10 months ago 2
@RUTHLESSS0ULJA not so funny if you were connected to the horse
daisydooker 9 months ago
LOL...same as you lads below...UNITED!!!!
davyjones68 10 months ago
SAF makes this horse porpular today ...hahahahaha ....am here cos of him.......I love United ...we won in style ..good to peck money bag off champions league and PL hahahah
femochy007 10 months ago
Haha me too mate!
zacadx 10 months ago
Me too! We're gonna win the league! Watch out Barca! Champions of ENGLAND!!! Champions of EUROPE!!! (Hope the horse is ok! lol)
barrykelly123 10 months ago
Me too
jsbrailsford 10 months ago
So this is what Sir Alex Ferguson was talking about! =)
sheikhZack 10 months ago
As am I.
HisStigness 10 months ago
I'm here because of Alex Fergason's post-match interview.
imjackcooper 10 months ago 133
@imjackcooper Same haha
MISTEROMIOMIOMIOMI 10 months ago
@imjackcooper yep, me too
martinthekaye 10 months ago
@imjackcooper me too
abosalah444 10 months ago
@imjackcooper
me too
abosalah444 10 months ago
@imjackcooper how did this comment get 40 likes in 3 hours? this is why youtube wll always be a mystery- i don't care how good/not good a comment like this is, 40 people have not given it a thumbs up in 3 hours. completely and utterly false, and youtube can't get its rating system decided.
wfcyellow 10 months ago
@wfcyellow because in a title deciding game of football in england the winning manager said 'dont even mention devon loch' obviously a reference for people in his generation, many, like myself didnt have a clue what he was on about so i googled it and this is the first thing that came up. hence the 40 likes.
apomerenke 10 months ago 2
@wfcyellow as apomerenke said, at the end of a match watched by many many millions of people globally one of the most famous people involved mentioned not doing a 'devon loch' myself and countless others have never heard of this incident as it happend looong before i was born so we turn to google to find out whats happening and that leads us here :)
mysteriousthefirst 10 months ago
@wfcyellow Only the most important game of Manchester Uniteds season so far, being said in the post match interview was the name Devon Loch, Many fans searched it and found this clip... over 300million united fans, i'd say 40 likes is nothing.
frebzter 10 months ago
poor horse i wish i could have helped
MidnightMeshki2010 10 months ago
It really looks like at :08 his left front pastern is broken. That could just be him trying to scramble to regain his footing though.
hanoverianjumpers101 10 months ago
@hanoverianjumpers101 that's his foot...
smallbutlarge 10 months ago
@smallbutlarge Yes, I'm not stupid, but it looked like it was turned the wrong way.
hanoverianjumpers101 10 months ago
I've little to no interest in horse racing, but could it be that the horse just slipped on its hindlegs? It does look like its going to jump though raising its legs up high & there is some form of ditch visible on the non-track meters from where it falls.
Have they ever come to any definitive conclusion of why the horse went down?
TheTvrulesthenation 11 months ago
@TheTvrulesthenation The best guess is that he saw the jump in the infield and hallucinated.
ridingxruffian 10 months ago
it is amazing the horse didnt snap it's back legs looking at the way it landed, and how the jockey stayed mounted I do not know, I have often wondered why the horse jumped the invisible fence, was it because he saw something in his peripheral vision or wasit the jockeys error?
MistaFozz 11 months ago
@MistaFozz The jockey always said he thought the horse got distracted by the cheers of the crowd.
It would have been a Royal winner, and they're always extra popular. (Devon Loch was owned by the Queen Mother)
colmshan13 10 months ago
the horse was showboating for the crowd, having thought he had already won. he was doing a little celebratory jig
legomania2010 11 months ago
llooook at his hoof at 0:09 it loks like its bent back as in the sesamoids broke or something?
xxcrystlecityxx 11 months ago
This is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.
kcaj789 11 months ago
What a strange incident, amazing that he came out of it alright though.
emmelby 11 months ago
looks like it saw the ditch out of the corner of its eye, and tried to jump it?
XV24 1 year ago
I was 9 years old and this was the only Grand National I went to. I was on the rails across from where Devon Loch fell. I remember the crowd cheering and the silence when it happened. My dad said the horse was spooked by the roar of the crowd or he thought he was jumping another fence. I will never forget it. I remember the horse walking fine after with no apparent injuries.
paulmaggiegracie 1 year ago
I was 9 years old and this was the only Grand National I went to. I was on the rails across from where Devon Loch fell. I remember the crowd cheering and the silence when it happened. My dad said the horse was spooked by the roar of the crowd or he thought he was jumping another fence. I will never forget it.
paulmaggiegracie 1 year ago
Perhaps he saw his shadow and tried to jump over it?
BackstretchUnderdog 1 year ago
He sees the white post late
jnmklo9 1 year ago
@imatroll5 Sorry to ya'll i was in a bad mood that day. But I will tell you that when ruffian had her fall, she did infact get right back up.
laurenandmrmax 1 year ago
@laurenandmrmax Ruffian never fell on the racetrack...that was Go For Wand in the Distaff, when she was running with Bayakoa in the homestretch.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
@laurenandmrmax
Ruffian never went down in the first place, though. She broke her leg while running and stayed up.
Jailbirdx 11 months ago
You wanna tell me that that horse was not injured? You're an idiot! When that horse gets up his legs bends backwards... it broke its leg!
laurenandmrmax 1 year ago
@laurenandmrmax Yes, I do in fact want to tell you the horse was uninjured because I, unlike you, can do research. The only injury this horse suffered was a pulled muscle. Horses bend their legs all the time. There is a famous photograph of Rags To RIches stumbling out of the starting gate at the Belmont Stakes and I personally, riding cross country (I event) see it happen when horses trip landing after a drop fence.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
@laurenandmrmax You obviously don't know anything about horse anatomy. If something was broken, he wouldn't have gotten up so quickly or at all.
imatroll5 1 year ago
@imatroll5 Unfortunately, that isn't always true...Go For Wand's graphic breakdown may be the most famous example.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
@imatroll5
Youtube search Go For Wand, 1990 Breeder's Cup Distaff. Her leg was shattered and she popped right back up to try finishing the race.
Jailbirdx 11 months ago
FYI, that's mystery writer Dick Francis on that horse. He was a jockey first...
TXRider 1 year ago
why did he leap up like that there was nothing there its like some one shot him
IloveBEAUTYandMum 1 year ago
I wonder if the horse thought that short fence sticking out perpendicular into the infield was another jump to clear and did a half hearted leap? Maybe saw it in his peripheral vision.
Or maybe a brain fart perhaps?
61Slughi 1 year ago
I'm shocked that the horse didn't totally destroy his stifles in that fall! Never seen anything quite like that before.
TheTetrarch 1 year ago
Erm uninjured is technically incorrect as it did sprain muscles and by the way he moves after probably gave himself a nasty graze on his pasterns. However, it is quite clear that he didn't suffer anything as serious as ligament damage or broken bones as he puts weight on all limbs and doesn't appear majorly lame. I'd be more concerned as to the cause in case it reoccurred.
GeordieTerrier 1 year ago
The horse was completely fine, everyone! Anyone who is saying otherwise can just sit there in their wrongness and be wrong if they're too lazy to type a name into Google. (:
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
what is this !?
aaoluniaaa 1 year ago
@aaoluniaaa Devon Loch falling in the Grand National....
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
It says he just collapsed, he wasn't euthenized until 1963
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Your all fucking Idiots......booom
princejamie13 1 year ago
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The horse was injured. It is obvious in this video and it is on record that it was. What exactly do you need to call it injured, blood and body parts flying into the stands?
activist405 1 year ago
If an American horse today fell like that, it would be shattered.
TXRider 1 year ago 2
i was just sayin ffs :| because look at its front legs when it gets up its technically getting up on its pasterns :| look !
missshannonwilson08 1 year ago
Talk about Bambi on ice. Never seen a horses legs spread like that. Poor guy.
Weaponsmaster8595 1 year ago 2
am just sayin ffs :| its just abnormal when it gets up and its practically standing up on the front of its pasterns ae? and am naw dim i know what am talking about tooo
missshannonwilson08 1 year ago
how was it un injured ? watch its front legs when it gets up
missshannonwilson08 1 year ago
@missshannonwilson08 How are you so dim? Look up the horse if you can't wrap your head around the idea that I know what I'm talking about.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
Whoaaa
angelsxdontxkillx 1 year ago
I didn't know horses' legs could flatten out like that. I can't imagine what that would do to an American Thoroughbred today. Brilliant jockey...eh, but I guess the fall was the Decider in the winner of the race ;)
TXRider 1 year ago 2
NEIL SWAN falls at the last. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
jamsarni1 1 year ago
OMG!!!!!!!! Poor horse!! She breaks her right leg!!
AgEjEE 1 year ago
@AgEjEE She is a he. He was perfectly fine.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
@ridingxruffian ohh, sorry! :D But look at the last seconds of the vid.. He can't stay normal.. and he relief his right leg!! If the Horse doesn't injure, the jockey dosen't go down of him!!?? And he goes..
AgEjEE 1 year ago
God bless Dick Francis, jockey of Devon Loch, who passed in Feb. 2010 and whose memorial service was yesterday in Trafalgar Square. Mr. Francis became an internationally known mystery writer whose novels revolved around the horse racing world.
dkbales 1 year ago
@Rimfaxe96 I think this is the part where you shut up, calling me the idiot when you apparently can't even use a search engine.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
@ridingxruffian What is with you? Sorry but at the moment I really don´t know what you mean. When did I call you idiot? -.-* Please show me the comment.
Shut up for yourself and if you must know it, YES I can use a search engine, I use(d) it always if I search something. And sometimes I find rude people or some guys who don´t know what they are saying, you for example.-.-
Rimfaxe96 1 year ago
@Rimfaxe96 @ridingxruffian Sorry; the 'idiot' bit was referring to IRide4TheBlue. Actually, I'm not particularly sorry because you really need to use that fine tool the search engine and look up Devon Loch.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
@ridingxruffian I always use the search engine. I don´t have the time to search throguh youtube just to find a good music or horse or whatever video. ;)
Rimfaxe96 1 year ago
Its obvious the horse broke its front leg. Unless its legs are made out of rubber I doubt he was "uninjured". idiot!
IRide4TheBlue 1 year ago
@IRide4TheBlue I think this is the part where you shut up, calling me the idiot when you apparently can't even use a search engine.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
how can you say the horse was uninjured? Were you there? Because at :09 it is evident the horse broke his left front leg as he cannot stand on it and its being flailed around. So unless you were there, I'm left leaving this video knowing that no, the horse was NOT okay.
cartierluvv213 1 year ago
@cartierluvv213 It's the Grand National--thousands and thousands were there, the horse was a few hundred feet from the finish line and in the lead, and every single person watched him fall and get off the track totally fine. He raced again and won again, too--don't be lazy; look up Devon Loch. It was a huge fiasco.
And I had such respect for you, too.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
it looked like that horse injured its front left nearside leg??
ThatVaultingChickx 1 year ago
@ThatVaultingChickx I think this is the part where you shut up, calling me the idiot when you apparently can't even use a search engine.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
bizarre
dunsta69 1 year ago
I hope that was the last race of the horse. There were something with its legs...*criticalview*
Rimfaxe96 1 year ago
@Rimfaxe96 He was fine and ran again.
ridingxruffian 1 year ago
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@ridingxruffian Yes, horses do run again after injuries because they are shot up with meds as are all racers at some point. And please do not refute that fact because my grandfather and greatgrandfather worked in the busines and saw it happen all the time.
activist405 1 year ago
Why did you do that? Poor horse...
kyleekowgirl 1 year ago
lol stupid midget on his back told him he ate all da sugar cubes lol
ThePraedator 1 year ago
ha ha my grandad was watchin this at the time with his brother in law,when Devon Loch did the splits Uncle Ted said quite seriously, 'ah the poor Queen Mum',2 which my grandad replied in typical scouse fashion..'f*** the Queen Mum,my moneys on ESB!'!
Smallscousefox 1 year ago
this was shown on todays grand national
MarkieBhoy17 1 year ago
Nope.
ridingxruffian 2 years ago
poor horse. i heard it was becuase he put his ears forward- it hit him like hed just run into a brick wall. if you watch his ears...
BabySparky1988 2 years ago
...how does flicking ears give a horse a spasm?
ridingxruffian 2 years ago
haha it looks like he is about to fly den BAM he failed and went splat. love it how he is all good tho
SpellBoundz16 2 years ago
That's crazy (in a good way)!! It goes to show how tough a horse can be! Must have been a spook to the jockey though.
ChissyMay 2 years ago
That's an excellent piece of observation by RidingxRuffian. His back hoof does seem to clip the front one, after he takes a slightly longer stride than usual. That would explain why the horse seemed to go down of his own accord. He actually won two races after this.
abrahamcat 2 years ago
seriously good thriller writer, dick francis. RIP
firestartertwistedfi 2 years ago
that is unreal
kopkingstevie 2 years ago
Dick Francis was a great character,he will be missed
hotclaws 2 years ago
Devon Loch pulled muscles in his hind quarters quite badly but was fine after some TLC.
Foxy9212 2 years ago 11
RIP Dick Francis
destructivedandy 2 years ago
I'm really upset--riding and writing are my two favorite things and he was a master of both.
ridingxruffian 2 years ago
Goes to show how strong the thoroughbred breed used to be... coming out of a fall like that with no injuries... if any thoroughbred from our time had a fall like that, it would most likely break a leg or something...
IndyBreeze 2 years ago 3