The 16-year-old bay gelding, with whom King won a team bronze medal in
Hong Kong less than four months ago and a 2007 European Championship
individual silver, suffered a broken leg after falling during the
Millennium Stadium cross-country phase.

The horse received immediate expert help, headed by event vet John
Killingbeck.

King and Call Again Cavalier went into the jumping phase in second
place following a superb dressage performance.

Yorkshireman Oliver Townend won the £100,000 first prize - eventing's
biggest individual purse - with Lucy Weigersma second and William Fox-
Pitt third.

Express Eventing organiser Stuart Buntine said: "This is extremely
sad.

"Our thoughts are with Mary King and Call Again Cavalier's owners,
Edwin and Sue Davies and Janette Chin.

"Our thanks go to the veterinary team, headed by John Killingbeck, for
their efficient and expert handling of this incident."

The 13,000 crowd watched in silence as Call Again Cavalier was loaded
into the horse ambulance and taken away for further assessment and
treatment.

A statement on the British Eventing website read: "All the emergency
services responded instantly, and the event was handled with
professionalism by the expert veterinary team and the organisers,
Tricorn Events.

"A full investigation has been launched.

"British Eventing is sorry for any distress the accident may have
caused to spectators and their families."

babypink2807@googlemail.com wrote:
> The 16-year-old bay gelding, with whom King won a team bronze medal in
> Hong Kong less than four months ago and a 2007 European Championship
> individual silver, suffered a broken leg after falling during the
> Millennium Stadium cross-country phase.

This is happened at the end of November, its sadly not news.
:(

The whole event was not the success it was meant to be.

-- 
regards
Jill Bowis

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