Here are some pictures from today's parade.

[Ptah]

Sadly, the festivities ended in tragedy:

Girl, 5, killed in parade, was member of Sonoita Rodeo Royalty entry

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/170447

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.22.2007

A 5-year-old girl died after police say she was thrown from
her horse this morning during the Rodeo Parade.
A team of horses pulling a wagon behind the girl spooked
then ran into her horse and she fell off, said Sgt. Decio Hopffer
a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
Paramedics along the parade route, just yards away from where
the incident occurred, responded immediately when the girl,
who was the only rider on her horse, fell, Hopffer said.
The girl was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead,
Hopffer said.

[Suich]

1. So sad...

The little girl was probably really excited to be riding in a parade.

[Ptah]

2. . . ..

:cry:

[Ptah]

3. ..

[Arugula Latte]

4. Oh gawd.

Whenever I hear of a horse rider death, I think: "That could have so easily been me."

I barely escaped serious injury and death so many times as a child who was nuts about horses. They are wonderful animals, and so much fun, but, good gawd, they are huge and have such a highly developed flight instinct when they get spooked. It is SO easy to get hurt around them.

:cry: