Conahys Courage, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Imogen De Lavis, was humanely euthanized at the Red Hills International Horse Trials on March 7 following an injury at fence 12, the Hobbit Houses, on the CIC*** cross-country course. Carter, of Ocala, Fla., and the gelding had experience to the CCI*** level together. Rusty Lowe, the safety officer at Red Hills, confirmed that Carter incurred minor injuries, but was evaluated on site and it doing well. An official statement from Red Hills' spokesperson Tom Barron is as follows- “It’s with deepest regret that we announce that Conahys Courage, ridden by Kyle Carter and owned by Imogen De Lavis, suffered a catstrophic injury at fence 12a in the CIC*** division at Red Hills. The horse was humanely euthanized and a post mortom examination will be conducted at the University of Florida Large Animal Hospital in Gainesville, Fla.”
Conahys Courage, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Imogen De Lavis, was humanely euthanized at the Red Hills International Horse Trials on March 7 following an injury at fence 12, the Hobbit Houses, on the CIC*** cross-country course. Carter, of Ocala, Fla., and the gelding had experience to the CCI*** level together. Rusty Lowe, the safety officer at Red Hills, confirmed that Carter incurred minor injuries, but was evaluated on site and it doing well. An official statement from Red Hills' spokesperson Tom Barron is as follows- “It’s with deepest regret that we announce that Conahys Courage, ridden by Kyle Carter and owned by Imogen De Lavis, suffered a catstrophic injury at fence 12a in the CIC*** division at Red Hills. The horse was humanely euthanized and a post mortom examination will be conducted at the University of Florida Large Animal Hospital in Gainesville, Fla.”