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The show jumping horse killings scandal refers to an unverified number of insurance fraud cases in the United States between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s in which expensive horses, many of them show jumpers, were insured against death, accident, or disease, and then killed to collect the insurance money.
Snowman was originally a plow horse on a farm in Pennsylvania Dutch country.But in February 1956, he was headed for the slaughterhouse at 8 years of age. However, that same day 28-year-old Harry deLeyer left his home in Long Island, New York, to attend the horse auction in New Holland, Pennsylvania, looking for cheap horses for his jumping school.
Jappeloup was born on March 12, 1975, at equestrian farm of Henry Delage in Saint-Savin in Gironde and died on November 5, 1991. He was a show jumping champion Selle Français horse, born to a French Trotter father and a Thoroughbred mother. He was first ridden by Françoise Terrier-Thuault for two years before being purchased by Pierre Durand ...
[8] [9] The pair was second in the 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping Final in Leipzig, Germany. On November 6, 2011, at a competition in Verona, Italy, Hickstead collapsed shortly after finishing a round and died of an aortic rupture. [10] At the time, he was paired with Lamaze, the number one rider in the world. [11] Eric Lamaze had praised this ...
Ward died from prostate cancer on October 27, 2012, at age 71. [1] After Ward's death, industry professionals noted that he was a knowledgeable trainer and great rider despite his involvement in the horse murders. Ward advised his son McLain throughout his riding career. McLain is a four-time Olympic medalist in showjumping. [8]
Theodoric Strabo, died in 481 after falling from his horse over a spear rack. His death allowed Theoderic to assume uncontested supreme command and unify the Ostrogoths into a force that conquered Italy after the Fall of the Roman Empire. Theodosius II, Roman emperor (d. 450) Theophylactus of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople, died 956.
Caroline Frances Bradley MBE (4 April 1946 – 1 June 1983) was an international British show-jumper, becoming the first female winner of the Puissance at the Horse of the Year Show in 1974, an era when the sport was still largely dominated by male riders. [1]
Harry E. deLeyer (September 21, 1927 – June 25, 2021) is most famous for rescuing an old plow horse from the slaughterhouse, and a few years later winning national shows with that same horse, which became the most famous horse in America in the 1950s. The horse, Snowman, was eventually inducted into United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame in ...