Horse put down at Patchetts showjumping show
A horse has been put down following an accident at Patchetts EC, Herts, last weekend (2 October).
Eloise Volk and Well I Never were competing in the 90cm amateur second round class when she fell from the horse.
Well I Never bolted out of the arena before falling and fracturing a shoulder in the car park.
The 16-year-old mare was put down on veterinary advice.
This news story was first published in the current issue of Horse & Hound (6 October, 2011)
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.