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List of horse accidents

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This is a list of people who had severe injuries or died from accidents related to horses. Some of the listed accidents had important political and historical consequences, which are given when relevant.

Celebrities

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  • Holbrook Blinn (1872–1928), Broadway stage star and silent screen actor, died from injuries in an accident on the grounds of his estate.
  • Cole Porter (1891–1964) American composer and songwriter. In a 1937 riding accident his legs were crushed leaving him in chronic pain, largely crippled. (According to a biography by William McBrien and oral history by Brendan Gill.) His right leg was amputated in 1958 as a result of the injury.
  • Shyam Chadha (1920–1951), a celebrated Indian actor from Hindi and Punjabi films, died from injuries suffered after falling off a horse.
  • Maureen Connolly (1934–1969), tennis star, career ended in 1954 by injuries suffered in a collision between her horse and a truck.
  • Malcolm Baldrige Jr. (1922–1987), American politician and United States Secretary of Commerce from 1981 until his death in 1987, from internal injuries sustained in a rodeo accident, when the horse he was riding fell on him during a calf-roping competition.
  • Roy Kinnear (1934–1988), British character actor, bled to death due to a broken pelvis sustained in a fall from a horse.
  • Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), actor, paralyzed on May 27, 1995 from the neck down following a fall from his horse while riding cross-country in a 3-day event.
  • Kazu Makino (b. 1969), a rock singer, suffered an accident falling from a horse in 2002; the horse trampled her jaw and crushed her facial bones, which required massive reconstructive surgery.

Historical figures

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Horse racing

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Jousting and tournaments

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Others

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References

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  1. ^ "Leading jockey killed in hurdle race". The Canberra Times. July 29, 1929. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Georgie Campbell: British horse rider dies after fall at equestrian event". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ^ "Stefano Cherchi: Jockey dies two weeks after fall at Canberra races". BBC Sport. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "The life and death of a young jockey". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. New York Times News Service. 12 April 1982. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  5. ^ Lillywhite, Frederick (1878). Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies. Vol. 9. London: Longman. p. 49.
  6. ^ "Three horses fall. In Doncaster Handicap. Durwood destroyed". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 1930. p. 9 column 7. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Canadian showjumper dies after riding accident". HorseTalk.co.nz. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Former Team GB rower Tanya Brady died after horse bolted". BBC News. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-10.