Sometimes there’s only bad news. I was sitting in the barns earlier tonight when I heard that JB’s Star had been euthanized and it is just a horrible feeling. The horse broke the humerus in his right leg, which is a bone near the shoulder.
The good news is that JB’s Star was sedated before he was loaded onto the horse ambulance so there was very little suffering. Once he got to New Bolton, radiographs revealed the break and the situation was deemed inoperable. Word is that more injuries were suspected but once the break in the humerus was detected there was no point in delaying the process. The medical staff responded to the incident very rapidly and this is just a situation where nothing could be done.
The mood in the entire barns is one of sadness right now. JB’s Star was a fantastic horse with a lot of potential and he will be greatly missed by the entire eventing community. The latest I heard on Jennifer’s condition is that she is undergoing testing tonight in the hospital. All of Eventing Nation grieves for JB Star’s owners, Jennifer, and his extended family of supporters tonight.
