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Another injury which was very unpleasant to watch. Apparently, she (mare) broke a shoulder after jumping the 3rd last in the 2.40 at Sedgefield.
Jane Williams also had a heavy faller for the same ownership at Sandown on Saturday.
Rest in peace Galice Macalo
Very sorry for connections.
I had SSR on but I was preoccupied and did not see the incident. However, I did see another horse in the same race make a bad mistake at the penultimate fence which caused him to take a very awkward looking step. He was then relegated to third going down to the last fence, at which he took a heavy and exhausted fall.
Andrew Thornton reported the horse was “being attended to”. I can only hope he is all right.
I know it is easy to say when sat at home but I wish jockeys would pull up in those circumstances. The horse had nothing left to give and little chance of winning. Was third placed prize money in a minor race at Sedgefield really worth the risk?
The prize-money for 3rd was £1,351.61. I think a horse is more worth than that. Jockeys should feel free to pull up any time they think something’s not okay and I think this happens more often nowadays.
But, what bothers me more is the way horses are bred nowadays. If you want to breed a racehorse, shouldn’t you use two ex-racehorses for the breeding act?
Isn’t this a trend that should be stopped? We seem to have more unraced dams with no proven racecourse experience going straight to the paddocks. I can’t see such practice improving the breed.
I realise that syndicate horses are the way forward but it worries me that people are encouraged to visit them, get attached to them and then go racing and witness something very distressing. Which is very two faced of me in that I want horses owners to love them. What I’m trying to say is I hope the people involved are aware of the possible dangers.I once asked Mike if he’d like me to join a syndicate as a Christmas present to us and he said no, you might end up broken hearted.Galice Malaco seemed to run a very good race last time out but from what I’ve read didn’t seem to be going at all well today.RIP
Seeing each and every name of fallen horses in this section is tough but i had taken a real shine to Galice Macalo over the years and it really hurts finding her name in here today. RIP Galice Macalo
Re the last fence faller mentioned by CAS, Harel Du Marais, I’m very pleased to advise that his trainer has reported on Facebook that he was up safe and sound.
RIP Galice Macalo
We have very tiny shares in six syndicates and lost another to colic last year. Although we only ‘own’ a couple of hairs, we do consider them ‘our’ horses and it would be desperately upsetting to see one killed, even though I’ve loved racing and been around horses all my life so I’m well aware of the dangers.
I do agree it could come as a horrible shock to someone who didn’t really follow racing regularly and just got a share as a novel gift idea, then turned up at a course to witness an incident like this. I don’t think the average member of the public has any idea of the attrition rate in NH racing.
Much as I hate it when any horse is killed or injured it’s even worse if I have even the slightest personal interest in a particular horse. When Wise Eagle ran at Ascot last year I was so nervous I could hardly watch the race and when he started going backwards I was terrified that he was injured ( he was a bit jarred up). My current love is a horse of Rose Dobbins called Okovango Delta and that’s because I met him at an open day and he was a sweetheart. Some of them just capture your heart.
Moehat, one of the other horses syndicated by the organisation we are with was killed a few years ago on course. I was sitting in my car waiting to pick the kids up from school, watching on my phone, and I can still remember the sense of shock at seeing him go wrong. The owners were all absolutely heartbroken. It’s very tough. I don’t bet on any of mine because I’m always afraid I’ll jinx them somehow.
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