Shane Rose thought mankini-gate was the drama of his year until a 550kg horse crushed him [Video]

Shane Rose can’t describe what it feels like when a 550-kilogram horse falls on you and, in one crunching moment, breaks bones in 19 different places in your body.

He would if he could but, perhaps blessedly, that crunch is not a memory the Australian equestrian star can recall from a horror training fall on his property in March.

“I actually don’t remember anything, until I woke up from the surgery,” Rose said.

“But from that moment on, yeah, well it’s … still not great.”

Rose, a three-time Olympic medallist in eventing, was schooling a young horse over some technical jumps at his property in Werombi, in south-west Sydney, when it clipped a hurdle. The 51-year-old landed first and the horse landed second, crushing Rose.

He was rushed to hospital and, along with a severe concussion, Rose …