The organizing team of the Apple Knoll Farm H.T. regrets to announce the death of Ready to Rumble, a 7-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Central Banker x Songandapsalm) owned and ridden by Rachel Stankaitis.
Ready to Rumble was competing in the Training division and died after impact with fence number 19b during the cross-country phase. Stankaitis was attended to on-site and then was transferred to a regional hospital for further care.
The organizing team of the Apple Knoll Farm H.T. and the USEA wishes to extend their deepest sympathy and condolences to all of Ready to Rumble’s connections.
The USEA is dependent upon information submitted by horse registrants to accurately reflect age, breeding, and other statistics. We have been made aware that there was previously an error in the horse's age as recorded in the USEA database.
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