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and Zara. Sefton and eight of his stablemates also sustained injuries, although Sefton's were the most serious of the surviving horses. Echo, a "grey" Metropolitan Police horse who was escorting the troop, was hit by shrapnel and Yeti, a "Cav Black", although not physically wounded, suffered nerve damage and was traumatised by the attack. A second explosion, which occurred under a bandstand two hours later in
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its proximity. Here, Carding began 90 minutes of emergency operation to save Sefton's life – the first of the
British Army's veterinary officers to operate on war wounds to a cavalry horse in more than half a century – whilst also directing care of the other wounded horses prior to the arrival of civilian vets to assist.
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Two soldiers were killed on the scene, with two further soldiers dying of their wounds later. The blast injured all the horses, seven of them so badly that they were shot at the scene to relieve their suffering. Those that died were called Cedric, Epaulette, Falcon, Rochester, Waterford, Yeastvite
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Veterinary Hospital of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) at the Defence Animal Centre (DAC) Melton Mowbray where more pieces of metal were
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Carding, Farrier-Major Brian Smith and three other troopers holding Sefton. Carding ordered the horsebox to the forge, rather than the stables, due to
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Carding. Initially Parker Bowles ordered Sefton's handler to take off his shirt to staunch the horses bleeding; this proved impossible as the groom's hand had been pierced by a four-inch nail. Another soldier was ordered to use his shirt and to apply pressure to
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mare and a local thoroughbred stallion (thought to have been called Honour's Choice). He was purchased as a two-year-old by local
Michael Connors, who then took him as a four-year-old to the nearby Pallas Stud to be inspected by the Army Purchasing Commission on 1 June 1967, who chose him
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Pederson back in the saddle took centre stage at the
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which, combined, killed seven other horses and eleven people. He recovered sufficiently to return to active service and was subsequently awarded "
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The sound of the explosion alerted a number of soldiers still in the barracks, and many of them ran to the scene, including regimental commander
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