“Horsemen know that rarely is a fall like this as serious as it looks, but the spectre of it haunts combined training,” read the caption for this photo when it first ran in the Oct. 18, 1991, issue of The Chronicle of the Horse. “Rider Emily MacGowan and Palmer were able to complete the course at Fair Hill (Md.) after this crash.”

Renowned Mid-Atlantic photographer Karl Leck captured this image at the inaugural Maryland competition in 1989. The event now hosts the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s CCI*** and CCI** national championships every October. Check out this year’s coverage on our website or in the Oct. 31 issue of The Chronicle of the Horse magazine.