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2018 Cesarewitch winner sadly fatally injured in a fall at Galway on Thursday. R.I.P.
I’m gutted to see this. My biggest winning bet was Low Sun winning the Cesarewitch in 2018. He may not have been the best Mullins/Ricci horse but he always gave his all and was a proper all-rounder. RIP Low Sun
I remember he fought so hard to win that Cesarewitch TYT. Mullins had targeted the race with 7 runners with Stratum expected to win He was by far the best of them all he had both speed and stamina a beautiful horse to own which begs the question WHY? after serving his owner Mrs Ricci so well did she not give him the retirement he was probably craving for but instead decide to sell him on to a syndicate under trainer Denis Hogan who decided it was a good idea to run this horse twice in 3 days at the Galway Meeting when he had finished tired and well down the field on his first run there.
Nobody cared he just did it for the owners having a ‘jolly’ it’s disgraceful that this poor boy was allowed to run again after finishing tired last time and now he is gone..How many more decent horses are being denied a dignified retirement and have to end their days being sold onto syndicates when they outgrow their usefulness. His wealthy owner could have at least offered him this. It is a practice that should be looked into.
It’s not quite the knackers yard but just a small step away IMO.Low Sun deserved better RIP
lovely boy and run free. ⚘Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...I’m not sure I agree that Mrs Ricci or Mr Hogan should be painted as villains here.
Low Sun was bred to be a racehorse. He was only 8 years old and had only run 26 times, so I can’t see any need for him to have been retired. I don’t think the act of selling a horse on to a syndicate can be viewed as an act of neglect either.
Running horses twice in quick succession depends on the constitution of the individual horse – just look at Call It Magic who was pulled up at Punchestown on 29 April and then won on 1 May.
It is very sad that Low Sun passed away, but if we think that racing him was wrong then possibly racing any horse is wrong.
RIP Low Sun
I was sorry to hear this news. He landed a nice bet for me as well when he won the Cesarewitch.
I always liked him ever since I saw him win his first start over hurdles at Bellewstown. He looked in trouble but rallied to win in the shadows of the post and showed the great attitude already mentioned above.
He was a good horse on his day and it is sad he has gone.
You are entitled to that opinion Marlingford and I never said or meant to paint them as villains just uncaring about the welfare of the horse. I wouldn’t have considered Low Sun fit to run again after 2 days when he had had a difficult time on heavy ground finishing in 12th position. Surely better to look after your horse and bring him out fresh and fit in a few weeks time. He could have still been with us but for that decision now he is gone and it just made me sad and angry.
Racing horses isn’t wrong and I wouldn’t say the past owner was neglecting her horse by selling him onto a syndicate just that the jockey turned trainer has only been going for about a year and possibly ambitious for results with his syndicates.
Selling on a much loved horse that had won her a Cesarewitch I would have hoped more thought could have been given to where he went and at only 8 years old (you’re right CAS a little too early for retirement) he could have come back to Newmarket this year and regained his crown.Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Triptych totally understand you are sad about Low Sun’s passing away. So am I.
I don’t think all of what you are saying is entirely fair to his connections past or present though, and he could just as easily had his fatal fall after a longer break.
If he was my horse I definitely wouldn’t have sold him, but looking objectively I can’t see anything wrong with where he ended up.
Anyway, I believe what we do both agree on is that he was a lovely horse and what happened to him is very sad.
Well said Marlingford and I do see your point about coming back after a longer break, there is a huge risk factor every time they run.
The loss of any horse is very hard to come to terms with and when a much loved character such as Low Sun loses his life we feel a more personal attachment to them and search for reasons why it happened to help come to terms with it.
Yes we do agree he was a lovely horse and will be fondly remembered by all those whose lives he touched.
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...I usually agree with you Trip but not today! Granted I didn’t see either of Low Sun’s races but the ground for the first was described as yielding to soft and I doubt he was thrashed up the hill when his chance had gone. He fell 4 out in the 2nd race so probably not exhausted.
Battleoverdoyen finished well down the field in the Plate beaten 55l then came out and won in a smaller field over the same trip 2 days later. One Cool Poet won 3 times at the Galway festival 2 years ago and Low Sun himself ran twice at the Punchestown festival a few years back, running with credit and finishing within a few lengths of the winner each time. A lot of the Olympic runners, swimmers, track cyclists and rowers are giving it socks in multiple heats or different events in close proximity and most managing it OK.
Also, Denis Hogan has been training for ages! Including one of my favourite mares, Moyhenna.
RIP Low Sun, loved his big white blaze, handsome chap. He gave Katie O’Farrell the biggest win of her career at the Galway Festival…she was riding with a broken bone sustained 2 days earlier:
Thanks very much for your reply Triptych. I do see your point that after Low Sun had given such grand service to his first owner it’s surprising she could countenance selling him. But we don’t know the full story, and he was in good hands as far as we know.
It’s terribly sad when we lose these horses that we have followed for such a long time.
Respect your opinion green as always.
You know more about Irish racing than I do..and if I did Hogan a disservice then apologies to him I hadn’t really heard that much about him just disagreed with that decision to run him twice. My take on it was just sadness that without that 2nd run he would still be with us and looking to place the blame somewhere.
A lot of what if’s on my part I know but I’m sure that his poor groom went home in tears with similar thoughts…horses just steal our hearts and then break them.
💔 Low Sun was one of them.Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...
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