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Although all of these are unconfirmed by RP, I doubt any survived their injuries. Will have to wait from conformation by the Irish Racing List.
Seperate Ways – Pulled Up, Brokedown (I think he brokedown, went wrong behind, off-hind leg)
Mr Bones – Slipped, Pulled Up, Injured (Looked to have a broken leg)
Laffan Island – Pulled Up Quick, Severed Tendon
Hampshire Express – Finished 2nd, Fractured Stifle.
They were mentioned by members of my Facebook group,so I imagine they will have had conformation from the TV, I didn’t see the racing apart from the replays on ATR.
R.I.P
The only one I know for definite is Seperate Ways as David Marnane tweeted that the stable were devastated at losing him. Ger Lyons mentioned that 4 died so I assume you are correct. It’s beyond me why anyone runs a horse at that course, the amount of who come down on the flat on the hill down towards the straight is frightening. And the last couple of fences get a number of horrible falls. I still don’t know how Onzo Mor managed to get up after his fall at the last yesterday. Even knowing he had got up it still looked horrific in replay.
They were supposed to be moving to a new site at Lisselan, but with the Irish economy in depression this was postponed as there was no funding for the grandstand, although a lovely track was laid which is now used for schooling. As soon as any funding is available they should use it, even if they don’t get the fancy stands they originally envisaged because this death trap needs to be closed soon.
RIP to all those poor horses
I sincerely hope that some hard questions are going to be asked of the stewards at Tramore. Should racing have been abandoned after the first 2 races produced such carnage? There were many minor slips and slides on those nasty sharp bends so it must have been obvious that there was a problem. Watering on top of hard ground maybe?
It hardly needs saying that if horses are having trouble staying on their feet they will be coming to jumps unbalanced. The result of that was plain to see. A disgraceful show of "racing"
I was so pleased to hear that Charger finally got up, and hope that he will be ok. I really thought he was a gonner when he just laid there with his head tucked back into his shoulder. And how Onzo Mor survived his terrible fall I will never know. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw him running on. Hopefully no after effects for him too.
Maybe trainers should boycott Tramore until something is done to make it safer?
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