St. Paul Rodeo Accident

A horse was euthanized after colliding with another during a "wild horse race" at the St. Paul Rodeo Wednesday night.

The horse had sustained head and neck trauma, according to Ben Wustenberg, the veterinarian on site, and was euthanized. The other horse had muscle and tendon injuries in its shoulder and was sent back to its owner's ranch to recover.

Steve Coleman, director for the St. Paul Rodeo, called the collision "a freak accident," adding that the stock contractor and rodeo committee were "devastated."

The riders on the horses were not injured, and the rodeo will not hold the wild horse race for the rest of this year's rodeo.

The wild horse race is an event in which teams of contestants work to hold, saddle, mount and ride the horse into an opening on the other side of the grandstand.