Posted on 04/20/2009 9:50:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MIAMI - Twenty-one horses from a Venezuelan team competing at the U.S. Open Polo Championship died after collapsing before a match in Florida, officials said on Monday. The International Polo Club of Palm Beach said the Lechuza Caracas team was preparing its horses for an afternoon match when two collapsed and others began "exhibiting dizziness and disorientation." "From the reports I've received, they came out of their trailers and they were dizzy ... and began toppling over," said Terence McElroy, spokesman for the Florida Department of Agriculture. "It's my understanding that all of these horses have died, 21 in total."
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LOL! that’s racing, not polo. (For anyone who doesn’t know what we’re saying and gives a divot, “forfeit” and “leave it” are Things Hollered At Polo.)
Glue are right — I hoof made a mistake.
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