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FEI promises action after horse with broken leg left untreated

THE rider of a horse who broke a leg at an event but was left without painkillers until blood was taken for dope-testing has spoken up in hope a similar situation will never occur again.

Belgian rider Ann Carton’s 12-year-old mare Kai Licha De Carmel went lame at an event in the Netherlands on 24 June. Ann told she was on a normal stride when Ann felt her lose all power in her left hind. She pulled up, and

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