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Such a shame, running in and winning decent class 2 races to being sent out for 3 grand in a class 6 at Bath.
He’s shown nothing in a while, he deserved a happy retirement
You only have to look at the trainers record to know what quality horses she has. I despair that Kimifive at 9yrs was still racing, poor soul RIP
The poor horse was bought from the Ian Williams stable at the end of last year. Retirement surely wasn’t on their minds, but after three pathetic performances on the AW when twice finishing a well beaten last last and a 7th from nine with over 16 lengths behind, you should face reality.
I mean she had no clue about the horse: 7th January 2024 it runs over 5 furlongs, 6th February it runs over 7 furlongs and 13 days later it runs over 10 furlongs. What is this? If you have no clue about a horse’s ability you shouldn’t train it. The horse just paid the price a lot of poor performers pay, if no suitable retirement can be guaranteed.
May he rest in peace
I couldn’t agree more Ex RubyLight. I have watched that race a few times & it never looked comfortable poor horse 😥
“I mean she had no clue about the horse: 7th January 2024 it runs over 5 furlongs, 6th February it runs over 7 furlongs and 13 days later it runs over 10 furlongs. What is this? If you have no clue about a horse’s ability you shouldn’t train it.”
I know what you mean ex RubyLight, there are a few trainers that haven’t a clue.
Take Chris Waller for instance, it’s obvious he had no clue about how to train.
Running his horse over 7f, 8f, 10f, 12f, 16f, 7f, 8f, 10f, 12f, 16f and back down to 7f makes no sense does it?
The fact that Verry Elleegant racked up £8,150,350 in prize money was purely coincidental.Yeah, you always come up with a stupid comparison.
Verry Elleegant was a proven G1 performer, this one was badly out of form at the age of nine. It’s a huge difference, but you just can’t keep your mouth shut cause you can’t handle the truth. It would have been in the horse’s interest to be retired. No more experiments at the age of nine with a prolific loser.
Have you ever considered that the horse may not have wanted to be retired. Perhaps it appreciated ‘racing yard’ life and enjoyed racing.
Unless there are genuine horse welfare issues, then why shouldn’t the horse run, just because it’s 9 years old and didn’t carry the form it once did?
It’s unfortunate that it met an untimely end. You have no idea regarding the circumstances behind the scenes, yet you do have a tendency spout off in your oh so knowledgeable and judgmental way, especially when there are tragic issues.
I have no idea at all why you are not a trainer, jockey, owner, because they would all have so much to learn from you……..and your after-timing.
We must remember that not all racehorses have the right temperament to be retrained or even just become companion horses. It is sad, though, to se a horse lose it’s life whilst in a downward spiral. Makes me think of Justabob the hero of Jane Smileys book, Horse Heaven.
“I despair that Kimifive at 9yrs was still racing, poor soul RIP”
If it’s considered normal for a Flat horse to be used up , past it and dangerously close to broken at 9 (the age at which Galopin des Champs, all being well, should be going for his Gold Cup hat trick and the same age at which Best Mate achieved that feat and Kauto famously wrested back the race) then we have more problems than a small trainer not retiring a horse after a few bad runs and a 60 day break.
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