“Amy said she felt the horse take a bad step at the top of the hill. Then he started to get a bit better and then he locked onto the fence in front of him. At that time, when you’re traveling at 25 mph, it happens in a matter of seconds. She felt it was safer to try to jump the fence than to try and pull up.”
He continued: “If you have got an injury, it takes time to pull up so you don’t make the situation worse. When Barbaro had his injury, he went a long way before he was pulled up. Secondly, she didn’t know at the time what the injury was — or if it was an injury. In that moment, you don’t know whether a bandage or boot has slipped. You don’t have the advantage of a video. All you know is what you’re feeling in your hands and with the horse underneath you.”
1st she was not traveling at 25mph, the horse was trying to slow down, even broke to a trot for a stride or two, several times. Did you see the video?
2nd, this business of it being dangerous to pull up, is a crock....ever seen barrel horses. They will be at an all out dead run, and as soon as they pass the timer line, with the horse "locked on" to the gate, they are stopped.
3rd, when Barbaro was injured the jockey immediately started pulling him in, this woman did no such thing.
4th, there was more then 30 seconds from the time the injury happened before that final jump, she had plenty of time.
Becky