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A horse has died during the making of big-budget Lord Of The Rings spin-off The Rings Of Power, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Cast and crew were left ‘in pieces’ after last Tuesday’s tragedy at Shottesbrooke Park in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
The horse was one of 100 charging towards a camera while rehearsing a battle scene. It was wearing full regalia and had a rider on its back, although he is not thought to have been badly injured.
It was later determined the horse had suffered a cardiac arrest.
Filming was immediately suspended on the Amazon Prime Video series and some staff sent home, although production had resumed by the end of last week.
Sad: The horses in a battle scene from series one
Big budget: Morfydd Clark as Galadrie
Sources say that employees were still feeling raw from the incident. One told The Mail on Sunday: ‘It was absolutely heartbreaking. It came out of nowhere. One minute the horses were all charging down the field towards the camera and the next minute there was one on the ground.
‘The next thing we all knew, it was dead. It was awful. There were many tears and people were in total shock. The decision was immediately taken to stop for the day as it felt totally inappropriate to continue.’
The horse was taken from the set following its death and underwent a
