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Another bad day at Sedgefield today. Troodos Jet and Best Horse both fell at the 5th fence in the 4.30 and were fatally injured and Provost was also fatally injured when falling at the 4th hurdle in the 5 o’clock race. RIP.
Awful! When are they going to do something about that course? Surely there must be an inquiry after what as happened today?
R.I.P
Very sad when we lose any horse, three in a day at one venue is very unfortunate. I had a soft spot for old Troodos Jet, he really was a lovely looking horse, didn’t have the ability to go with it, but he won his races, and always tried hard, poor old boy, RIP (and the other two).
It wasn’t anything to do with the course, findsara. All the horses took off far too early for the jumps. Troodos Jet and Best Horse both came down on the fence and there was no way they could have stood up. Provost was too early and smashed through the hurdle, falling onto his knees.
Doesn’t make it easier to bear I know, but it wasn’t a fault in the course that caused these fatalities.
Remember them for the memories they gave us. RIP.
it wasnt anything to do with the course blackgold!!!! have a look at sedgefields record of horses dying its getting worse it has to be looked at by the powers that be,fair enough there are going to be fatal injuries now and then but this course takes the piss,i was there yesterday and it knocked me sick, poor animals and the 3 bas tards from boro standing laughing at the horses kicking out when they were on the floor just want to thank their lucky stars i was with my mrs yesterday other wise they would of been in the horse box with them what scum,maybe thats a bit strong of a comment but im an animal lover and to see 3 grown men in their 40s drunk and laughing and making sick gestures when horses are lying on the ground dying makes my blood boil,troodos jet,provost and best horse r.i.p
it wasnt anything to do with the course blackgold!!!! have a look at sedgefields record of horses dying its getting worse it has to be looked at by the powers that be,fair enough there are going to be fatal injuries now and then but this course takes the piss,i was there yesterday and it knocked me sick, poor animals and the 3 bas tards from boro standing laughing at the horses kicking out when they were on the floor just want to thank their lucky stars i was with my mrs yesterday other wise they would of been in the horse box with them what scum,maybe thats a bit strong of a comment but im an animal lover and to see 3 grown men in their 40s drunk and laughing and making sick gestures when horses are lying on the ground dying makes my blood boil,troodos jet,provost and best horse r.i.p
Yes, in this instance it was nothing to do with the course. Both Troodos Jet and Best Horse took off too early with tragic results, but I don’t believe the course at Sedgefield wasn’t to blame for this; the results would have been the same on any other jumps course.
By the way, according to AnimalAid’s figures Sedgefield in on a par with Cheltenham for fatalities. And Cheltenham is way ahead of Aintree, despite AnimalAid’s trumpet blowing.
As an animal lover I would have been with you in marching those drunken louts into a horsebox, cra_mck. Anyone who thinks such incidents/scenes are funny sicken me. I can only hope they drove (fatally) into a wall on their drunken way home. We don’t need their kind at race meetings.
Troodos Jet, Best Horse and Provost – RIP.
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