Private Be

[Ten Plus]

Sadly collapsed and died on walk way from the paddock after a creditable gutsy placing over the big Aintree fences. RIP old warrior.
Reported soon after the race by the Racing UK team in a nice sympathetic way.

[Roseblossom]

Poor old boy; Hobbs looked even more downcast than usual on the BBC.

[Gazs Way De Solzen]

Awful news.

RIP Private Be.

A good horse, and such a shame.

[moehat]

Followed him for years; was only saying just before the race that the Hobbs team never seemed keen on running their horses over the National fences. A sad weekend; feel as if I’ve lost a couple of old and dear friends, so can’t imagine how connections must feel. RIP and condolences to all.

[vikingflagship]

such a sad loss, he alwaya tried in his races and was a good 3rd today, soo sad to end in this way

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[rubyrubyruby]

I was at Aintree today and had no idea that this had happened, I have always followed Private Be as he hardly ever ran a bad race. Such a sad end to the day.

RIP Private Be – brave to the end!

[mort]

I note from the BHA website that Richard Johnson was found to have used his whip with excessive frequency on Private Be and banned accordingly. I counted up about 13 hits after the last fence…….but couldn’t bear to watch again and check.

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