Rally incident - Car hits horse

From a local rally in Argentina



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The driver Villagra and his co-driver were not injured, the horse however...

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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2009 10:12PM by antihero.

Ah, nice piece of meat eh, free meal.

The horse has been put to sleep due to his injuries .
It's a shame that cameramen could see the horses yet the organizers didn't bother trying to prevent such from happening.

Gui, a rally isn't circuit racing, you don't put walls or fences everywhere next to the track, and if 3 horses decide to run, and there's a car approaching, bad luck.

It's a shame that cameramen could see the horses yet the organizers didn't bother trying to prevent such from happening.

Good luck fencing off 200 miles of rally course.

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You can't prevent it. They could've hit a tree along the road aswell. Now I'd rather crash into a horse than into a tree.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2009 11:50PM by Nickv.

that video really makes me sad... and amused, but mostly sad... But in cases like this, its allways an spectators fault.

They were *very* lucky there - the horse could've easily gone through the windscreen rather than bounce off of the A pillar.

Also, poor horsey

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Oh I watched this with audio yesterday. The pilot says nothing about it while the co-pilot goes on to mention a crest. Could they be any more indifferent?! :\

Are you joking? The driver is meant to interrupt the pace notes to talk about the dead horse? And the co-pilot has a job to do. If he doesn't keep his eye on his notes he will lose his place and then they are basically lost.

Jesus christ, it's a god damn horse. You work at McDonalds, a company which kills millions of cows in far worse ways than that horse died! Who cares?

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Should the drivers be talking about every fly that they kill during the stage as well? No. Then why should they talk about a horse? Because it's bigger and fluffier doesn't make it any worse than killing a fly.

If they want to talk about the horse, they can always do so between stages. Winning comes first, comparing poo stains second.

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As Dave alludes to, everything happens so quickly when you're in a car doing a rally, they wouldn't have had time to think about whether the horse might die or not.

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Flogging a dead horse!

but horses are so cute, and they taste delicious after butchered and cooked

never seen a wild horse before... poor horsie