Rider of ‘nerve-blocked’ horse handed record sanctions
THE rider of a horse who is thought to have been nerve-blocked and who suffered a catastrophic open fracture in competition has been hit with a record fine and ban.
The 10-year-old gelding Castlebar Contraband had to be put down at a one-star endurance ride at Fontainebleau, France, in October 2016, after he sustained what the event organiser described as “the worst fracture I have ever seen” to his right foreleg. Contraband’s leg, the attending vet said, was “only hanging from the skin and ready to fall off ”.
UAE rider Abdul Aziz Bin Faisal Al Qasimi had
