MNSSHP - Headless Horseman falls

[BwanaBob]

Headless Horseman took a nasty fall last night.

First parade, coming around the turn into Liberty Square.
Looks as though horse lost his footing and slipped. Legs went under and horse went down.
Luckily, rider got up mostly unharmed.
Other cast members corralled the horse and the horseman was able to re-mount and finish the ride.
No word on injuries, if any.
He did not ride before the second parade.

Guests were visibly shaken... talked about it the entire night.



Last several MNSSHP's have been wash-outs.
Last night the ground was slick from an earlier rainstorm about 2 hrs before.

 

[wdwmagic]

Sounds nasty - hope everyone involved is OK.

 

[Nemo14]

Yikes!

 

[ScoutN]

Shoes can cause that to happen on slick concrete but they are needed to protect the hooves. I hope the horse did not sustain any injuries that would place it as lame in any manner. Glad the rider is okay.

 

[MagicMike]

Holy Crap! Kudos to the Cast Members who diffused a potentially disastrous situation. Way to not lose your head.

Ha! But seriously, This could have been real bad. The Horseman was always one of my favorite parts of MNSSHP. I hope this is seen as an isolated incident with precautions being taken so it doesn't happen again, and not as something that needs to be removed out of safety concerns.

 

[Figment82]

Oh no! Not my Khan! I hope he is okay... A CM brought him out for us once when we visited the barn at FW and we must've brushed him for almost a half hour - he's such a sweetheart.

 

[Rescue Ranger]

This has been the worst year EVER it seems for the Halloween parties, in regards to the weather.
Hope all is ok!

 

[Mad Stitch]

How long before someone posts it to YouTube?

 

[Master Yoda]

How long before someone posts it to YouTube?

The fall is not there but some of what happened after is.

 

[Mad Stitch]

The fall is not there but some of what happened after is.

Does someone say "There is no horse on the Headless Horseman." at the end of that video? When did the horses begin riding people?

 

[RSoxNo1]

Are there any weather restrictions as to when the horse can ride?

 

[Mad Stitch]

Are there any weather restrictions as to when the horse can ride?

If not, there will be now.

 

[Master Yoda]

Are there any weather restrictions as to when the horse can ride?

It is my understanding that there is. Seeing how wet the concrete is in the video I am surprised that those conditions did not meet that criteria. Unless this was just a fluke caused by something other than wet concrete, I think it is safe to assume that those standards will be getting a bit of a tweaking.

 

[Flight Safety]

Shoes can cause that to happen on slick concrete but they are needed to protect the hooves. I hope the horse did not sustain any injuries that would place it as lame in any manner. Glad the rider is okay.

Yea, I used to own horses and second that. I never shoed my horses, had a farrier that believed in no shoes, but have ridden shoed horses on concrete and it was slippery for the horse.

The Horseman was always one of my favorite parts of MNSSHP. I hope this is seen as an isolated incident with precautions being taken so it doesn't happen again, and not as something that needs to be removed out of safety concerns.

He is by far the coolest aspect of MNSSHP, and my favorite. All too often it seems that TDO has an isolated incident, or other minor issue that causes them to completely remove or change something to the point it's not same. I'm not looking forward to seeing a float with a prop horse and someone sitting on top of it instead.

 

[Bolt]

It looks like both were okay - the user had a Part 3 on the list and they continued to ride after the fall.

 

[djkidkaz]

Are there any weather restrictions as to when the horse can ride?

Yes, we just went to a Halloween Party a week ago and it had rained earlier but was pretty dried up by the time he was supposed to ride and we were told that he would not be riding due to the wet pavement for safety precautions. Not sure why he was out last night.

 

[ebof1023]

Does someone say "There is no horse on the Headless Horseman." at the end of that video? When did the horses begin riding people?

haha yes! someone did say there is no horse on the headless horsemen!

 

[PhilharMagician]

When he rides by it sounds like the horse has been shoed with steel shoes which can be quite slippery on corners. I have always seen him slow down to a near crawl around that corner since that is one of my favorite viewing locations.

 

[disneygirl1024]

Since concrete makes for a slippery mess for a horse with shoes on especially after it has rained, the owners of these horses, whether it be Disney or whoever, needs to put borium on the bottoms of their shoes. That would solve the slipping problem and its inexpensive.

 

[Did Knee]

I need help...My first thought when I saw this thread was "I hope he didn't hit his head".....