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As a follower of horse racing for more years than I care to remember & my love of the horse is real. I don’t recall the name of Dundory but having looked at his record his passing is beyond sad. 9yrs old poor form, last in its last 3 races, why oh why did they persist in racing this horse RIP DUNDORY 🌹😥
Field included a 7,8,9 and 10yo carrying between 9-6- 9-9
Surely such outcomes are inevitable with what I assume are plodders!
Is it fair to run them on AW tracks? And fair on the jockeys too!They did buy him as a dual purpose horse to go over hurdles. I guess some horses aren’t suitable for retraining but there are only so many miles that a horses legs will take. He’d been a good, consistent horse at one time. A sad end.
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MICKY HAMMOND RACING.
THE LOSS OF DUNDORY.
We sent two runners down to Wolverhampton on Monday evening, but unfortunately only one will be coming back home. At 7.0.pm, Evoluir finally got his just deserts for his recent consistency when coming from last to first to win by a neck, but all the highs of that success disappeared half an hour later when our other runner Dundory broke a back and front leg soon after the start of his race, causing the race to be declared void.
Dundory who had only been with us since last October was the winner of six flat races for his previous two trainers, achieving a best BHA rating of 75 as a four year old. He had been purchased as a dual purpose performer, having also been placed twice over hurdles from his seven starts.
Dundory was a nine year old gelding who has been a great servant to the sport of horse racing, having raced on 62 occasions under both codes for his three different trainers, and three different owners, giving countless people the pleasure of watching him do what he enjoyed the most, racing.
To keep up to date with all the latest happenings at Oakwood Stables, Sharp Hill, and Curlew, click on ‘NEWS’ at http://www.mickyhammondracing.Me: Poor soul … absolutely horrific.
The race was void and I hope he was out of stress and pain very quickly. RIP Dundory
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