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INTERESTING - Penny (6th Jul 2018 - 15:20:28) On the news today: A cyclist has been banned for life from a triathlon organiser's events after a horse and rider were hit as participants raced past them. Human Race events said a second cyclist had been handed a 12-month ban from their races following a investigation. Footage showed the moment the rider said she and her horse were hit during the Royal Windsor Triathlon on 17 June. Triathlon officials said the "mishap" was a "police matter", adding a investigation was ongoing. The video shows cyclists pass on both sides, the horse react to a jolt, and the rider cry out. In a statement, Human Race events said: "We believe we have identified two individuals at fault, but we won't be revealing further details or sharing their identities, as this is a police matter. "We are liaising with British Triathlon, who will be responsible for taking their own actions." The rider, posting under the name "Jennifer Katherine", wrote at the time of the incident: "The cyclist smashes along the side of my horse, taking my stirrup in the handlebars and bruising up my ankle. "My horse rears and bolts forward, taking off one of his back shoes." "No-one stopped to see if I or the horse was OK after this hit," she added.

Re: INTERESTING - Finchie (8th Jul 2018 - 07:41:35) Thanks for posting - interesting indeed. Almost good news. Sadly the type of ignorant person who cycles, at speed, up the inside of a horse rider, isn’t going to lose any sleep over a lifetime ban from an overpriced event organiser (Human Race are charging £160 entry for their September triathlon). Hopefully, British cycling give him a lifetime ban from ALL British cycling affiliated events AND Human Race publish his name. BTW, there are ignorant cyclists, motorcyclists, drivers, pedestrians and horse-riders, before this turns into a “have a go at two wheels or 4 legs” thread ! ;-) Happy sunny, sweaty, “costa-del-wherever”-like weekend ! Finchie

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