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| A still from the video which shows a horse shaking off Sikh groom |
Sujay Ghosh, July 24, 2015, New Delhi , NewsCrunch
A startled horse sped away shaking off a Sikh groom at his wedding ceremony at
The video shows the horse responding with discomfort as the groom mounts her. She starts spinning and the horse trainer Zsa Zsa Stiasny tries to calm down the animal.
But the animal runs away and the video captures the groom falling off the saddle.
The unidentified groom was hurt but not badly and is said to be recovering well.
Zsa Zsa Stiasny works for a firm called Equutrails, which rents horses for South Asian weddings.
Zsa Zsa Stiasny said it was for the first time her horses had been involved in an incident like this. She blamed the groom for not removing his shoes and sword before mounting the horse. They must have poked the horse, causing it to panic, she suggested.
Many experts also said the groom mounted the horse from the right side which was against the norm, triggering discomfort in the animal.