Why shoot the horse?
It didn't seem to "do" anything. People running around in a panic, nothing. Seems like a well- placed smoke bomb would have caused more confusion. If that's what they wanted.
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That makes no sense in the real world. If a horse goes down like that, it's assumed it broke a leg, tripped, or had a heart attack. No one would assume it was a shooting, even if one or more jockeys said they thought they heard a shot. Payoff would go out as per usual, with most likely no delay whatsoever. Of course, the horse would eventually be autopsied so the cause of death would be official, but that wouldn't happen right away, and bullet holes are often quite small and could be completely overlooked at first.
shareand bullet holes are often quite small and could be completely overlooked at first.
Nothing is small or unnoticeable about a bullet from a high powered rifle tearing through a body. Horse, human or anything else. share
The entry wound, even from a high-powered rifle, would most likely be very small and might not bleed a lot. If the bullet failed to exit the body on the other side, as would be quite possible given the dense musculature and robust skeleton of a horse, the hole might go unnoticed for some time.
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