[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

She was a good distance from the fence, she had plenty of time to pull up. And besides the horse was trying to slow down on it’s own, she wasn’t going to have to pull him up from a gallop.

I am condemnatory of her because at the level of horsemanship she should be at to be competing at that level, she should have, and I feel did know something was wrong.

I’ll say it again, when you are riding a sound horse, and it suddenly goes lame, you stop immediately and check to see if you can tell how serious it is.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

That's not fair. I am coming around to your point of view, but I don't think it's wrong to start out from a position of benefit of the doubt. At some point short of the finish, it was probably clear enough that she should have known and pulled up.

Sometimes pitchforks and torches are called for... I just want to be sure is all. :~)