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Jennycallie — RIP Frodo Baggins
Published: 2008-05-01 00:00:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 2164; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 75
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Frodo Baggins, a lovely New Zealand bred Thoroughbred gelding who was actually a mount in one of the LOTR movies, died this past weekend at Rolex after falling at the Flower Basket jump, no. 6 I think. He cracked his skull, and was euthanized. His rider Laine Ashker was seriously injured, the worst of said injuries being her collapsed lungs. She is currently stabilized and should be okay. I believe she will soon be scheduled for surgery to repair her badly broken jaw.Keep Laine in your prayers and let us not forget Frodo Baggins, shown here after successful dressage test. RIP you beautiful horse.
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...I hate hearing of dying animals, that recalls me of a horse I took care of but he had to be put down... and I was there, in his box, scratching his neck when his time has come.
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Aw, that's awful, I'm sorry.
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yup. could not sleep for a couple of nights after his death. :/
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aawwh thats so sad
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Yeah she is fully recovered and competing again.
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Awww thats so sad... remeinds me why I have a fear of eventing. I like watching jumping but the high levels freak me out and I could never do it. I couldnt put my horse through something like that. He is such a lovely looking horse. I didnt know of him, Im a bit bad with knowing TB's or eventing horses even the ones born here but he does look like such a lovely horse.
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Yeah, it's definitely a dangerous sport. The horses love it, though. I've done a bit of low-level eventing and it was a blast, but until I get the 'right' horse I'm sticking with dressage haha.
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I did a couple of events when I was like 9 lol on a 12.2hh pony but didnt do a lot of x country as I pulled out if I thought the jumps were to high for her they scared me that they couldnt colapse. I like to watch it though and I have friends that would like to event but until their horses are not so off the track nutty TBs they will stick to dressage as well.
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He was a beautiful and talented horse in many ways. Its so sad everything was taken from him so quickly, he had so much more to ofer.
Thanks for the lovely photo!!!!
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Thank you so much, and you're very right.
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I was there. It gave me nightmares..Laine still has her mouth shut though. She even lost a horse last year in New Jersey, Jamie. Jamie had a pulminary heart attack. Two horses died this year. R.I.P. Frodo Baggins and Quiet Man.
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Awww... that breaks my heart... Rest in peace hunni
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Poor baby.R.I.P. dear.. Hope she's going to pull through.
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It kills me what eventing has come to. The rules need to seriously be revised ASAP. It's just too dangerous, and it's not fair to ask the horses to do that. They seem to love the cross-country phase, but why would you put your horse into harm's way, knowing the consequences?
It just makes me really sad.
Beautiful picture and beautiful horse.
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I totally agree. I have absolutely nothing against the sport itself. I've only ever done cross country once over little 2'6" jumps, and it was INSANELY fun, even though I took it really slow. The collapsible jumps are a really good idea, but I can see there being problems if a horse knocks it over, and there's another horse on course. I think less of a penalty should be given for going under the time limit, and more of one for going over the max speed. Part of the excitement of x-c is the speed, but there has to be a limit, right? I mean, what's more important? The speed of the game, or the safety of the participants? The riders know what they're getting into and understand the risks, but the horses don't.
I agree about the dressage, as well. The skills that you learn and use in dressage are the exact same as those used in x-c.
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I agree; it's just too dangerous. I would like to compete at Rolex someday, but no way will I until the jumps become safer. For starters I think making them all 'mobile' so that they collapse upon impact is a good plan. The courses themselves are generally fairly 'safe'; I mean, Frodo simply misjudged the fence as it really was pretty straightforwards, not difficult. Still, less penalty points could be given for coming in under the time limit, and the dressage score should be 'worth' more. Maybe the fence judges could take away points for what they consider 'unsafe' or 'bad' riding, though that could get pretty subjective.
ANYWAY thanks a bunch for the comment!
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[link] I found this link about her accident and another accident that occured at the same jump with that horse as well being put down.... terrible. that was the long green jump wasnt it?
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Oh man... 12 riders have died in the past year and a half? Things do not look good for eventing, though I agree with the idea that the jumps should have pins so that they come apart... I don't know why that isn't already a mandatory rule. I believe Frodo crashed at the flower basket jump... I don't know which jump The Quiet Man hit, but yeah he broke his shoulder and was euthanized. Sad.
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I seen one jump where the horse shoulder slammed right into the jump, that might of been the video of The Quiet man.
Even if they did put pins in the jump poles, people could still be hurt sliping and sliding into the grass and mud that they come across.
One guy was at the water jump when his head hit his horses neck causing the rider to fall knock unconsis
for a few seconds... It's sad because as much fun the sport looks putting any horse/rider into such damamging conditions are a risk... I cringe to think of the leg and muscle damage these horses face when they land from a high jump or awkward turn...
and i used to activily jump when I was 15-21yrs of age. I really hope the best for Frodo's owner. RIP FRODO
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The Quiet Man fell at the footbridge.
The jump you're talking about, where the horse slammed, could it have been the ducks? I was there when one pair hit a duck so hard the head twisted.
It's awful that the sport is so dangerous.
Rest peacefully, Frodo.
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wow Jenny, what a stunning picture.
That's so sad. I couldn't imagine knowing that kind of emotional pain. I hope I never have to.
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I know, same... I guess the only consolation is that the horses adore cross country, so he died at least doing something he loved.
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I was there too, Jump 5 by the way. I didn't see it, thank god I wouldn't have been able to sleep. She didn't get her surgery yet for her jaw, it was supposed to be today but got bumped back to Friday. Her mom updates her journal daily and mentioned today that Laine doesn't even know about Frodo yet and doesn't want her to know. I can't even imagine her reaction
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Oh yeah, I read her journal a couple of days ago... Oh man, she doesn't know? Ugh she's going to feel so bad. Terrible.. Oh man. Poor Laine.
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