ridecamp@endurance.net: Bighorn tragedy

Bighorn tragedy

Karen Steenhof (ksteenho@eagle.idbsu.edu)
10 Jul 1995 15:28:14 -0600

Was anyone at the Bighorn 100 this year?

I just heard through the grapevine that a horse
had to be put down. According to what I heard some horses bolted out
of an electric fence and ran off into some barbed wire. One horse
(belonging to the Kanavy's?) broke its leg in a cattleguard and had to
be destroyed.

Does anyone have any more details (or first hand info) on this?

I understand this has raised the question again as to whether electric
fences should be banned at endurance ride camps.

Karen Steenhof
Boise, Idaho