Watching this mighty horse showing his stride and speed against his closest rivals, who include the likes of the outstanding King Edward, Killer Queen VDM and Hello Jefferson, must have been quite the Christmas gift. They topped off the year by winning in Geneva. Winning Olympic Gold might have been the pinnacle of 2021, but it wasn’t the end of it for Explosion. He’s a KWPN chestnut gelding, by Chacco Blue and his mother, Uarina who jumped under the name Untouchable, and was an impressive competitor with rider Leon Thijssen. Initially he was under the ownership of Poden Farms, before Charlotte Rossetter and Pamela Wright joined Ben as his new owners in November 2019.Įxplosion was born on 12 th April 2009, so he’s rising 13. Explosion was produced in his early years by Marielle Van de Veer before Ben took him as a seven-year-old. His breeder Willy Wijnen from the Netherlands said he knew back in 2013, Explosion would be a Tokyo horse. But even back then, thoughts had already turned to Tokyo. As well as the European silver, they came away with team bronze from Rotterdam. It was quite fitting when he was described as from another planet, he flew around the globe notching up eight high profile wins in that one season. It goes to show what a special horse you have when you are disappointed with a championship silver.Ģ019 was the year Explosion detonated across the Jumping circuit. They went on to have one down when Ben asked for an extra stride at the water tray it cost them the European title. In 2019, at the European Championships in Rotterdam, the pair were the leading combination going into the final round. Measurements from 1929 to 1978 indicated sea level rise – when the crowds were regular and caused the pier to settle slightly in the soft, sandy bottom – except during the horse-jumping hiatus from 1945 to 1953 when the lack of regular crowds allowed the pier to rise slightly.In Jumping, split second decisions make the difference between winning and nowhere. However, changes in sea level at the pier turned out to have been caused by the weight of the crowds gathered to watch the diving horses. The president of the Humane Society of the United States stated: "This is a merciful end to a colossally stupid idea." Loading of the pier Ītlantic City's Steel Pier was also used to mount a measuring device ( tide gauge) to monitor changes in the sea level of the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt in 2012 to revive the shows at Steel Pier was halted when animal-welfare advocates petitioned the owners not to hold the shows. The horses sometimes dived four times a day, seven days a week. Although there was a brief resumption of the act at the pier in 1993, it was again shut down amid opposition. Pressure from animal-rights activists and declining demand led to the act being shuttered in the 1970s. The manager stated, "There is no rider, no prods, no electrical jolts, and no trap doors." The theme park was purchased in 2018 and re-opened as Lake George Expedition Park, without horse diving.Ī horse-diving show was an in-residence act held at New Jersey's Steel Pier. In Lake George, New York, the Magic Forest theme park hosted a diving horse feature beginning in 1977, originally featuring a horse named Rex, later replaced by a gelding named Lightning. A film based on her life, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, was released in 1991 and was based on her memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses. Sonora survived the fall, but was blinded due to detached retinas in both eyes as a result of keeping her eyes open. In 1931, Sonora and her horse Red Lips lost their balance on the platform. There, Sonora, Al and Lorena continued the show following his death. The show became a permanent fixture at Atlantic City's popular venue Steel Pier. His son, Al Floyd Carver, constructed the ramp and tower and Lorena Carver was the first rider. Carver trained various animals and went on tour. His horse fell/dived into the waters below, inspiring Carver to develop the diving horse act. Allegedly, in 1881 Carver was crossing a bridge over Platte River ( Nebraska) which partially collapsed. William "Doc" Carver "invented" horse-diving exhibitions. A 1923 video record of a horse diving from a 60 ft platform at the USA.Ī mid-1960s 8mm film of two mules diving from a platform.Ī diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet.
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