The horses sometimes dived four times a day, seven days a week. Although there was a brief resumption of the act at the pier in 1993, it was again shut down amid opposition. Pressure from animal-rights activists and declining demand led to the act being shuttered in the 1970s. The manager stated, "There is no rider, no prods, no electrical jolts, and no trap doors." The theme park was purchased in 2018 and re-opened as Lake George Expedition Park, without horse diving.Ī horse-diving show was an in-residence act held at New Jersey's Steel Pier. In Lake George, New York, the Magic Forest theme park hosted a diving horse feature beginning in 1977, originally featuring a horse named Rex, later replaced by a gelding named Lightning. A film based on her life, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, was released in 1991 and was based on her memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses. Sonora survived the fall, but was blinded due to detached retinas in both eyes as a result of keeping her eyes open. In 1931, Sonora and her horse Red Lips lost their balance on the platform. There, Sonora, Al and Lorena continued the show following his death. The show became a permanent fixture at Atlantic City's popular venue Steel Pier. His son, Al Floyd Carver, constructed the ramp and tower and Lorena Carver was the first rider. Carver trained various animals and went on tour. His horse fell/dived into the waters below, inspiring Carver to develop the diving horse act.
Allegedly, in 1881 Carver was crossing a bridge over Platte River ( Nebraska) which partially collapsed. William "Doc" Carver "invented" horse-diving exhibitions. Tourist attraction The diving horse at the Hanlan's Point Amusement Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, around 1907 A diving horse in Toronto External videoĪ 1923 video record of a horse diving from a 60 ft platform at the USA.Ī mid-1960s 8mm film of two mules diving from a platform.Ī diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet.
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