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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted: Sun 17 Mar 2019, 07:38
by Mike Farley
I went to The Photography Show at the NEC yesterday. A sight which I did not expect to see in the middle of a crowded exhibition was a model on a horse waiting to feature in a presentation. Granted that there was a handler and presumably the horse was used to featuring in such events. I would imagine that the model is an experienced rider as well.

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Re: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2019, 10:18
by Laura
Well, what DID go wrong....?

Re: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2019, 10:23
by Mike Farley
Laura wrote:Well, what DID go wrong....?

Pandemonium. Extra, extra. Horse throws rider at NEC and runs amok. Hundreds killed. What is worse, I missed the shot ...... ;)

Re: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2019, 10:24
by Laura
:roll:

Re: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted: Tue 26 Mar 2019, 12:37
by Mike Farley
Laura wrote::roll:

My response was somewhat tongue in cheek and the use of the horse did pass off without incident so far as I am aware. Nevertheless, having such a large animal at this type of event with no barriers between it and the public could not have been entirely without risk, even with the precautions I mentioned in my initial post. Which included the scoop and rake seen in the shot.

At the beginning of the last century, my great-grandparents made the newspapers in a way they would not have wished. They were both killed in the street when the driver lost control of a horse driven Warings and Gillow van.