Mare breaks barricade during Horse-show of Kankaria Carnival, at least 2 injured

Ahmedabad: A couple of people today sustained injuries when a horse rider lost control of the speeding beast during his stunt in the horse-show being organized as part of the ongoing Kankaria Carnival in the eastern part of the city.

Police said that the incident took place on the Football ground in Kankaria area where on the fifth day of the annual carnival, a policeman identified as one I S Rathod riding a female horse (mare) named Disha lost control of the speeding beast during his stunt.

Instead of running on the track inside the ground the beast did not take a turn and ran towards the crowd of spectaters and broke the wooden barricade. Though the rider controlled the beast soon after that but at least two people sustained injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment. A few others sustained minor bruises.

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