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Pulled up fatally in in the last race at Lingfield this evening 12yrs old rip xxx
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Absolutely gutted to see this old warriors name here. My thoughts this morning when I saw his name on the race card were that he should be given a deserved honourable retirement RIP Restorer
Some quite old horses on here last week or two , all running in low grade stuff after long careers . To be fair Restorer form reasonable .ive no doubt connections love their horses but when at an advanced age for racing they really need to have a hard look at risk v reward .
I cannot see the reason running a 13 year old horse in a selling chase as Torrent Does Mottes did.At some point close in time at that age the horse is going to be retired , running for 4 or 5 K at that age I personally wouldn’t but each to there own.Restorer just failed last time out, but otherwise he was 0-20 on the AW. He really did well at Chester when owned by Dr. Koukash. The older he got the tougher he found winning races.
May he rest in peace.
I too was hoping he would have happy and long retirement ahead of him. So upset to see his name here today.
I saw him a lot at Newmarket in his younger days and as Ruby said he seemed to favour Chester where he was never usually out of a place for his enthusiastic owner.
RIP beautiful boy
He really did deserve better.Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...
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