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PARTING WAYS
Bouncing Back
Photo by BOB LANGRISH
When his horse Tom Tom Go 3 stumbled
in his approach to the wicker "wave" fence
coming out of the lake at the Mitsubishi
Motors Badminton CCI**** (England) this
May, German rider Niklas Bschorer was nearly
unseated, but he managed to push himself off
the jump and back into the saddle.
e pistol-shot activation of Bschorer's
air vest, however, spooked Tom Tom, who
whirled, sending his rider flying again, this time
backward over his haunches and then sideways
over his shoulder. Defying gravity, Bschorer
ratcheted himself back into the saddle a second
time and carried on, but his inflated jacket was
a hindrance, and he had to retire despite the
epic save.
