Horse race ends in tragedy
A couple of days ago I picked up a copy of a local newspaper because the headline caught my eye – “Winner’s Death Mars Point-to-Point Races.” Well, to be honest I do not know what a “Point-to-Point” race is, but I was interested in the story. Apparently a “Point-to-Point” race involves people dressing up in their “Fox Hunt” racing clothes and racing horses through a course. I don’t know if there was any jumping involved, but if this is supposed to simulate a fox hunt, I would imagine so.
Anyway, the winner of the race (the winning horse) apparently suffered a massive heart attack the very next stride after passing the finish line! One second the horse and rider are winning the race, the next second the horse is dead! Incredible, and incredibly sad.