Me too. I just got up.
Veterinarian killed by horse
By LEILA FADEL
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
A veterinarian in North Richland Hills was killed Friday in an accident while at a riding competition in Benton, La.
Glynis Roth, 50, had left her horse's stall open while she put out water the night before a two-day riding event.
When the horse, Indian Artifact, walked through the open gate, Roth tried to coax him back into his stall. Somehow, Roth ended up under the horse, and his hooves crushed her chest, said Roth's husband, Tommy McFall.
"The horse was just walking; Glynis tried to stop him, and something went wrong," McFall said.
Roth was in Benton with her daughter Maeve, 15.
Over two years, Roth and Indian Artifact competed in at least 30 events, McFall said.
On Saturday, Indian Artifact was back in his pasture at the family's Southlake home. But Roth, whose laugh usually wafted through the house as she prepared gourmet meals in the kitchen, was gone.
"She was 50 years old but lived at least 70 years because she never stopped," McFall said. "She enjoyed life in a way I don't think anybody ever has."
Roth was a veterinarian at Richland Animal Hospital in North Richland Hills for 20 years. She would cook the evening meal during her lunch hour, then ride in the evenings.
"That was her true love, to be out there in the field with her horses," McFall said. "I'm absolutely convinced that she was happy and in her element and doing what she wanted to do until the last second of her life."