What happened at Newbury?

[Former Sponsor TM]

Investigations continue into what caused the tragic death of two racehorses at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday.

The question has being asked: Why the horses died while people in the same area were only minimally affected?

The full story can be read here

 

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Investigations continue into what caused the tragic death of two racehorses at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday.

The question has being asked: Why the horses died while people in the same area were only minimally affected?

The full story can be read here[/URL]http://www.eponthenet.net/article.aspx?ArticleID=40016http://www.eponthenet.net/article.aspx?ArticleID=40016

Yeah Megger phoned me up the other day to ask what it could be - i told 'em to read the "horses are important too" thread on the general forum

 

[Former Sponsor TM]

Yeah Megger phoned me up the other day to ask what it could be - i told 'em to read the "horses are important too" thread on the general forum

Ooops! I guess I'm behind the times, sorry for re-posting

 

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Ooops! I guess I'm behind the times, sorry for re-posting

No not at all. A good link with pics as well! Interesting to see that an "official" spokesman agreed with everything that I/we said.

 

[Paul.M]

No not at all. A good link with pics as well! Interesting to see that an "official" spokesman agreed with everything that I/we said.

All in all everything that is in that report is in our thread. The only thing it doesn't mention is that horses are more prone to die from the shock.

 

[ElectroSimon]

I think the horses most affected (as in dead) where wearing steel shoes as below.

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Two horses have been killed by faulty underground cables at Newbury racecourse. The cables are believed to have been punctured during maintenance work.
Hundreds of spectators were watching the parade ring at Newbury when the horses suddenly reared up in pain. The horses are thought to have suffered catastrophic shocks from electricity cables that had been exposed by the work.
Two other horses were seen to wobble; bystanders who went to check up on the horses said they could feel electric shocks coming from their bodies.
The dead horses are thought to have been made vulnerable by their metal shoes. The two that died had steel shoes on and the two horses that were OK had aluminium plates on.
People who were standing nearby are likely to have been unaffected thanks to their leather or plastic soled shoes"

 

[freddy]

Good you asked the question Test-Meter! All the earlier thread is just guesswork. They suggested electrocution immediately... but I haven't seen any test results. Didn't they measure for voltage gradients? What voltage was the cable? (Was it even "live"?) What depth was it buried? Did they find the insulation damaged?
The PM just says "not inconsistent" with electrocution: not as reprted "...confirmed electrocution". I, for one, still need a lot of convincing!