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Has sadly died at the age of the 18 at JP McManus’s Martinstown stud as reported by the Racing Post
Such a shame to hear this. He was a horse who I loved watching with his exuberent jumping and always seemed to enjoy himself. Glad he had some good years in retirement at Martinstown Stud
Funny how horses can go from being the ‘bad guy’ to being a favourite. I remember the King George that seemed to have See More Business’s name written all over it. Instead First Gold soared round like an eagle. I was speechless at his performace, such slick jumping and such a brute. French breds often have big almost ugly (but handsome) heads and are more masculine than others. First Golod was one of those, big boned and slightly wild looking. I was really mad at him that day for stealing See More’s race, but later in reflection I could only admire him.
I never believed he could win a Gold Cup, he seemed too quick for that. But at Cheltenham he again jumped beautifully and was such a pleasure to watch, even though he never threatened to get there.
Doumen loved all of his horses and had a personal relationship with them, he was very proud of FG after he won the KG that day. FG got lucky in being bought by JP, had a nice life and a lovely retirement. Just a shame it did not last longer.
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