Two horses die at newbury race meeting
 

While I'm not a fan of horse racing, news just coming in that two race horses have died at Newbury race course, suspected electrocution. :(

Edit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...ng/9395743.stm

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that is truly bizarre .

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how would a horse get electrocuted in a paddock ?

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Heavy hoof cutting through an underground cable?

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can't see that really ,any buried cable would have to be armoured ,i'm thinking deliberate "knobbling"

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Seemingly the ground was recently spiked to improve aeration of the grass.

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they don't spike to a depth of 1/2 meter though derek ,i'm fairly certain that is depth burried cables must be as a minimum ,it is more likely ,if it was electrocution, that someone hasn't done their job correctly and allowed illegal power lines to be run

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From what I read on the site is that the race course had some development recently, and the cable under the paddock wasn't supposed to be live, as it was unused

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Perhaps not as dormant as they thought.