British rider Lorna Sutherland and her 11-year-old skewbald gelding Popadom took this horrible fall at the dreaded 29^th cross-country fence at the World Three-Day Event Championships in Punchestown, Ireland, on Sept. 13, 1970.

The Chronicle of the Horse, correspondent William Shallow called this jump “the now infamous Punchestown Drop, fence 29 of 33. Ridden out of shade and into mottled sunlight, it called for clearing a 6’ horizontal spread over brush and a pole, followed by a 6’6” drop onto hard (and slippery) clay, climaxing in a hard right turn.

“This caused eight falls of horse and rider, and nearly killed Miss Sutherland, whose Popadom dove into the brush without clearing the pole and rolled over onto her,” Shallow continued. “Dragged clear, she remounted and rode on—how, I don’t know.”

In fact, neither Popadom nor Sutherland were hurt, and she remounted to finish the event in 11^th place individually. Only two of the six starting teams—England and France—were able to finish three of their four riders, but Jim Wofford shone as the bright star of the U.S. squad there, winning individual bronze aboard Eventing Hall of Fame member Kilkenny.