Is it true that horses were harmed in the filming of the movie Ben Hur??

Question

If so, can you provide some "evidence" and not just speculation of what you heard??

Answer 1

yeah, in the chariot scene about 1 minute in, the white horse on the left (ben hur's right) banged it's leg against a piece of wood that was laying on the ground. It left the horse with a cut that required bandaging. Watch the scene very carefully.

Answer 2

"Nearly two hundred horses were used during the filming of the chariot race scene in the 1925 Fred Niblo film, Ben-Hur. Fortunately, it was reported that not a single horse was injured. This would probably relate more to luck than a deliberate attempt by anyone to ensure the safety of the animals."

This was taken verbatim from this website...which was the only one I could pull up regarding horse abuse and the movie Ben Hur.

http://www.fund4horses.org/info.php?id=1...