Trainer may not have understood horse’s limited schooling – coroner

A New Zealand Equus caballus trainer who died after a autumn from a Equus caballus named Banjo may non have got fully understood the express flat of preparation the Equus caballus had received, a coroner has found.

Coroner Garry Evans, inward his inquiries into the expiry of Andrew Bernard Prendergast, of Waikanae, also noted that the security helmet he was wearing at the fourth dimension of the fatal accident was former in addition to worn.

“It is clear on the bear witness that at that topographic point was a long trend to become earlier Banjo was broken in,” Evans observed.

“He was skittish in addition to shied easily. On all the bear witness earlier the court, it does non seem that Banjo had received the flat of preparation that Mr Prendergast may have got understood he had.”

Banjo, he concluded, had been professionally backed only had non been professionally broken in.

“The courtroom is unable to know whether, had Mr Prendergast been furnished amongst a to a greater extent than consummate in addition to accurate history of Banjo’s ongoing preparation … whether he mightiness have got acted differently.”

Evans ruled that Prendergast died inward Wellington on March 31, 2011, every bit a lawsuit of a encephalon bleeding resulting from a caput injury sustained at Waikanae Park on March 21, 2011, when he was unseated from a horse, which therefore cruel on him.

Traversing the circumstances, Evans said bear witness showed that Prendergast was an experienced in addition to good respected horseman.

Prendergast had agreed to help Banjo’s owner, Lisa Wilkinson,  in preparation him, amongst her preference beingness for a natural method of horsemanship.

The start of the planned preparation sessions was on March 27, 2011, amongst Prendergast using his ain saddle. At i signal Banjo was startled yesteryear a barking Canis familiaris in addition to Prendergast jumped off.

In the fatal incident, Prendergast was i time to a greater extent than unseated only landed on his head, in addition to Banjo rolled on him. Banjo had shied spell on a long business in addition to this had caused Prendergast to fall. The autumn unbalanced Banjo, who cruel on him.

Wilkinson said that Prendergast’s status appeared to live serious in addition to he was having seizures. She noted his helmet had been dislodged.

An ambulance was called in addition to Prendergast was airlifted to Wellington Hospital, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, only did non live on the encephalon injury.

Wilkinson said she had been responsible for preparation Banjo from when he was a twelvemonth old, using natural horsemanship methods.

Banjo was “backed” for the start fourth dimension presently after his fourth birthday.

She described other preparation received yesteryear Banjo, including beingness professionally backed at the Waikanae Vaulting Club
yesteryear a adult woman named Caterina Strom, a professional person Equus caballus trainer. Wilkinson said Banjo never position a human foot incorrect inward that phase of his preparation in addition to on the 8th consecutive preparation 24-hour interval had achieved all the goals in addition to objectives expected of him.

Wilkinson was advised to maintain amongst Banjo’s preparation yesteryear getting roughly mileage on him.

That continued for a couplet of months, only therefore Banjo was out of travel for 5 or 6 weeks because Wilkinson was ill.

Wilkinson said that i 24-hour interval when riding Banjo he shied in addition to she cruel off, injuring her arm, which prevented her from riding for roughly weeks. She began to enquiry whether she should have got such a immature horse. She suspected she was likewise former in addition to the Equus caballus was likewise young.

She made a determination to sell him because she could non ride him at the fourth dimension in addition to she did non know how long she would live out of action.

She later on decided to employ the services of a jockey to consummate the “mileage”.

She engaged a novel trainer only was  unhappy amongst her, therefore gave the project to a friend, who later contacted Wilkinson to enjoin her she had passed the project on to Prendergast, proverb she had explained to him “where the Equus caballus was at in addition to what was required”.

The coroner noted bear witness that the helmet worn yesteryear Prendergast had been rattling old, in addition to that stitching that held the harness had ripped every bit it was totally degraded yesteryear age.

The three-point harness had come upwards away from the helmet.

“It would live reasonable to tell on the bear witness earlier the courtroom that it is probable the protection provided yesteryear the helmet worn yesteryear Mr Prendergast had been compromised yesteryear historic menses in addition to use,” Evans said.

“The flat of protection that would have got been afforded yesteryear an updated helmet must rest unknown, only it would live a reasonable supposition that the protection provided yesteryear such helmet, if worn, would have got been superior to that afforded yesteryear the helmet worn yesteryear Mr Prendergast.”

Evans said it was clear on the bear witness that at that topographic point was a long trend to become earlier Banjo was broken in, in addition to it did non seem Banjo had received the flat of preparation that Mr Prendergast may have got understood he had.

“Banjo had been professionally backed only he had non been professionally broken in. That procedure had been
interrupted for the reasons shown inward these findings in addition to Mr Prendergast had been asked to take over that task.

“The courtroom is unable to know whether, had Mr Prendergast been furnished amongst a to a greater extent than consummate in addition to accurate history of Banjo’s preparation to date, he mightiness have got adopted a to a greater extent than cautious approach towards Banjo’s ongoing preparation and, inward particular, whether he mightiness have got acted differently after he had been forced to boundary off Banjo on the day he therefore sadly died.

“Might he at that signal have got called it a day? It is possible that he mightiness have got done so.”

 

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