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  • March 8, 2011 at 01:03 #17746
    Avatar photoGingertipster
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    Heard tonight from Toby Balding some sad news of his Champion Hurdle winner Beech Road had died yesterday morning. 50/1 winner of the Champion Hurdle reached the grand old age of 29.

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    March 8, 2011 at 01:28 #343686
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    Only seems like yesterday I was seeing him win the hurdle at Aintree; what a fantastic retirement he must have had.

    March 8, 2011 at 07:50 #343695
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    Salute to a great character – as I recall Beech Road nearly died after a bad fall (the screens were round) but fortunately he got up, and proceeded to go and win the Champion Hurdle not so long afterwards!

    March 8, 2011 at 08:58 #343698
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    Very sad to hear that. I’m sure that he had a great retirement. As Pinza rightly says the screens were put around him after a fall in a novice chase, and a couple of months later he had won the Champion Hurdle and followed up at Aintree.
    R.I.P. old boy

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