MARCHAND, MB

After a slow summer last year with less than twenty concussions and two fatalities, the number of horseshoes-related injuries has soared to record heights in Manitoba this spring. If the pace continues, it will prove to be the worst horseshoes season on record with more than 750 head injuries.

“We’ve got nurses working overtime to cover all the patients coming in here with dented skulls,” said a Bethesda Hospital rep. “We’ve really gotta educate people on how to get a ringer without taking out a cousin.”

After more than three billion dollars in property damage last summer, insurance companies across Manitoba are united in their refusal to pay for damage caused by errant horseshoes throws.

“If we covered horseshoe damage, we’d be broke,” said insurance rep Donna S. “After l

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