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I suspect that Celebre d'Allen was suffering probably from heatstroke so getting him back to the hospital there gave him the best chance of survival. They did mention that he was able to walk into an ambulance (for those that don't know these ambulances have the ability to be lowered so that the horse can walk on the flat rather than an incline so making any potential injury worse). A broken pelvis can be identified by sticking a hand into the horse's rectum (or that's what my dad and current vet would do) so if that is ruled out then it should be safe to move the horse if it can stand so long as there are no other obvious fractures (shoulder/leg)

Most vets are pretty practical and will advise euthanasia wherever necessary although owners can sometimes delay this, wanting x-rays/scans etc. A horse would be sedated in any case.

A post mortem is being carried out by the BHA and my own suspicion is renal failure brought on by heatstroke. I lost a greyhound to heatstroke the following day after her collapse and although the vets did everything, her organs had started to shut down so no amount of treatment would have revived her.

<blockquote data-quote="jinnyj" data-source="post: 2698247" data-attributes="member: 65066">I suspect that Celebre d&#039;Allen was suffering probably from heatstroke so getting him back to the hospital there gave him the best chance of survival. They did mention that he was able to walk into an ambulance (for those that don&#039;t know these ambulances have the ability to be lowered so that the horse can walk on the flat rather than an incline so making any potential injury worse).&nbsp; A broken pelvis can be identified by sticking a hand into the horse&#039;s rectum (or that&#039;s what my dad and current vet would do) so if that is ruled out then it should be safe to move the horse if it can stand so long as there are no other obvious fractures (shoulder/leg)Most vets are pretty practical and will advise euthanasia wherever necessary although owners can sometimes delay this, wanting x-rays/scans etc. A horse would be sedated in any case.A post mortem is being carried out by the BHA and my own suspicion is renal failure brought on by heatstroke. I lost a greyhound to heatstroke the following day after her collapse and although the vets did everything, her organs had started to shut down so no amount of treatment would have revived her.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jinnyj, post: 2698247, member: 65066"] I suspect that Celebre d'Allen was suffering probably from heatstroke so getting him back to the hospital there gave him the best chance of survival. They did mention that he was able to walk into an ambulance (for those that don't know these ambulances have the ability to be lowered so that the horse can walk on the flat rather than an incline so making any potential injury worse). A broken pelvis can be identified by sticking a hand into the horse's rectum (or that's what my dad and current vet would do) so if that is ruled out then it should be safe to move the horse if it can stand so long as there are no other obvious fractures (shoulder/leg) Most vets are pretty practical and will advise euthanasia wherever necessary although owners can sometimes delay this, wanting x-rays/scans etc. A horse would be sedated in any case. A post mortem is being carried out by the BHA and my own suspicion is renal failure brought on by heatstroke. I lost a greyhound to heatstroke the following day after her collapse and although the vets did everything, her organs had started to shut down so no amount of treatment would have revived her. [/QUOTE]

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