Broke a shoulder when falling at Kelso yesterday. There did seem to be some hope as he was returned to the course stables in the horse ambulance but regrettably he couldn’t be saved.
Gutted to hear that Rob, was one of my notebook horses a couple of years ago. Lovely horse.
Same here Venture – followed him on back of his French form which was bordering on top class – Ran Spirit Son to neck and finished multiple times ahead of Katenko/Ballynagour who have all went on to have top notch NH careers in UK. He just didn’t take to British Raciñg for whatever reason.RIP
I was chatting to Lucinda Russell on a stable visit last season and she told me Saphir River had “the worst feet of any horse I’ve trained”. That goes some way to explaining his relative under achievement since moving from France.