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His horse, Princessa, also fell but appeared uninjured.
Posted by Marsha Hayes | Jul 30, 2019
Endurance riding icon Potato Richardson, 76, was seriously injured at 4:02 p.m. on July 23 while conditioning his mare, La Princessa Tzia (aka “Princessa”) for the 100-mile endurance event known as The Tevis Cup. Richardson and his mare SMR Filoutte won the 2015 Tevis, his third victory.
Richardson and Princessa had left his ranch earlier in the afternoon riding with two friends visiting from Wales. Richardson separated from his friends to add more conditioning miles on his mare. Returning home at a fast trot, the pair struck a tree protruding on the trail. The impact rolled both horse and rider off the trail, breaking Richardson’s leg in three places. The mare covered 2 miles to return home...
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