Trainer death today at Portland Meadows

[foothillsequine]

Very sad day today. Trainer Charlynn Taketa (wife of fellow trainer and retired jockey Jerry Taketa), died this morning after being kicked in the face by a loose horse. She was walking her horse over to the walker for a cool down when the incident occurred. She died at the scene after attempts to resuscitate were unsuccessful. Very nice lady, who will be missed. RIP Lynn....


http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/inde ... ickin.html

[Lisann]

May she RIP.
Prayers for her family and friends.

[photofinish]

How sad. Prayers to her husband and family .

Ya just never know. Be kind to everyone.

[winds]

So sad, condolences to her family and friends. May she Rest In Peace.

winds

[foothillsequine]

How sad. Prayers to her husband and family .

Ya just never know. Be kind to everyone.

Isn't that the truth?! When your time is up, it's up. Apparently, she didn't even know what hit her.......

It is a risk we all take everyday when working with our horses. I know that I have a yearling filly who is just waiting for me not to be paying attention so she can get me

Thank you both for your thoughts and comments.

[Joltman]

So very sad - may her soul rest in the Lord

- we never know

jm

[Shammy Davis]

Very sad. My deepest sympathy to her family and friends.

[mini's mom]

I got kicked on the side of my face in November l987. Someone at the farm where I boarded my horses left three non thoroughbreds out in a field but failed to tell anyone that they were there. When I was bringing in my stallion , the loose horses ran up to him and started a huge horse fight. I either got shoved down and hit a rock, hit a fence post or got kicked - I spent my 40th birthday in the hospital with a broken jaw in two places, l4 multiple fractures to my temple area & skin lascerations - the people who owned the farm failed to notify their insurance carrier that they were running a boarding, race training, stable - a huge place with multiple barns & many many horses - long and short of it - it took 5 years to go through the courts in New Hampshire - they now can't "board horses" because they won't pay the insurance on the place. Crystal knows these people and about this accident - the loose horses were the property of the co owner of the farm and he refused to pay any of my medical bills - the doctors told me that if I had been kicked 1/2 inch higher then I would be a vegetable or even dead. I have some headaches now and can't hear out of my left ear. The guy did a foolish thing by leaving those horses out at night but his daughter did an even more foolish thing by not allowing the outside lights on - I probably could have gotten out of the way if I had seen them -

[Mood Swings]

The poor woman Hopefully she really didn't see what hit her and therefore didn't suffer. A freak accident, my thoughts go out to her husband and family.

mini's mom - wow sounds like you are very fortunate to here! It's amazing how things can change in the blink of an eye.

[spex4me]

absolutely freakish and sad. many condolences to the family and those who knew her.