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14 horses die just before polo match
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(CNN) -- Fourteen thoroughbred horses dropped dead in a mysterious scene Sunday before a polo match near West Palm Beach, Florida, officials said.
State and local veterinary teams are trying to figure out what happened at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. , as team Lechuza Caracas prepared to compete in a U.S. Open match.




Two horses initially collapsed, and as vets and team officials scrambled to revive them, five others became dizzy, said Tim O'Connor, spokesman for the polo club.

"A total of seven died on our property," O'Connor told CNN. Seven other horses died en route to a Wellington horse farm and a veterinary hospital.
The cause of the deaths has not been determined, and necropsies and blood tests were underway, he said.

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14 horses die just before polo match
Sad and very weird. My first thought was poison.
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More than 20 polo horses dead as mystery deepens in Florida
More than 20 polo horses dead as mystery deepens in Florida

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CNN) -- Florida agriculture scientists are performing necropsies Monday on 21 horses that died as they were prepared to compete in a Sunday polo match in Wellington, Florida.

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Peter Rizzo, executive director of the United States Polo Association, was at the match and saw the horses drop to the ground. "It was surreal," he said, calling the deaths "unprecedented."
"It is a horrible tragedy," he told CNN.
Some of the 15 horses died immediately, but some lingered for about 45 minutes, Dr. Scott Swerdlin of the Palm Beach Equine Clinic said Sunday, according to a report in the Sun-Sentinel newspaper. The clinic is the International Polo Club's consulting veterinarian group, the newspaper said.
Six of the 21 horses were kept overnight in the same trailer in Wellington, said McElroy, and died sometime between Sunday and Monday. Their bodies have not been taken to the Kissimmee lab.

...Celeste Kunz, chief examining veterinarian at the New York Racing Association and a 19-year veterinarian, said Monday that she suspected a tainted substance was injected into the horses.
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Those poor horses! I hope they get to the bottom of this and discover who is behind it.
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Think I would have to kill someone if I ever found out one of my pets was poisoned.
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it could have been a combination of many things or just one thing. a few years back a lot of horses in kentucky at the big farms were dieing. they found out it was wild cherry trees. so this could have been something in the hay or grain. but, yes, it's a terrible thing.
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it could have been a combination of many things or just one thing. a few years back a lot of horses in kentucky at the big farms were dieing. they found out it was wild cherry trees. so this could have been something in the hay or grain. but, yes, it's a terrible thing.
But this was a very sudden thing. Something happened, and happened quickly. Whether it was accidental, environmental, or criminal, they need to figure out what killed those large, valuable animals so quickly.
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But this was a very sudden thing. Something happened, and happened quickly. Whether it was accidental, environmental, or criminal, they need to figure out what killed those large, valuable animals so quickly.
Oh they will, believe me...
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The death toll is up to 21 horses. Infection has been ruled out, so the games will resume on Wednesday, April 22, 2009.
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