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Firstly she is owned by her trainer.
Secondly, she’s been lightly raced her whole career, it’s not like she is running every 2 weeks, so what is the problem with her running in a novice chase? She’s been running in hurdles, perhaps the trainer feels like she would suit fences more?
Does anybody know what is happening with the following: peddlers cross, overturn,
spirit son
&whispering gallery?
Spirit Son is retired and enjoying life at Greatwood following his miraculous recovery from a life threatening injury http://www.thehorsecomesfirst.com/archive/RP20-09-2012%20-%20Page%2012%20-%20Spirit%20Son%20-%20His%20Battle%20For%20Life.pdf
Funny enough I met him a few weeks back, lovely horse and very friendly.
‘broken down’ is the common term for tendon injuries, however for some reason in recent years for some reason it has become common for a horse with any sort of leg injury to be referred to as broken down.
As he fell at a fence, I imagine it would be a broken leg over a tendon injury but it is something I find very frustrating as it can be very misleading to people!
R.I.P Cheatingsideoftown
The other horses are fine according to Equibase
Lemansky, trained by April Thorpe, and Smart Farda, trained by Ken McPeek, both walked back to the barn.
Thank you both
Rosie’s Glory is looking really well, I’m glad she is enjoying herself!
Horrible
Amazing the effect adreneline can have on a horse when they are injured…
R.I.P
Potentially it depends on the horse. I use to ride a pony who hated going forward if he wasn’t following another horse, if you gave him a smack with a whip you ended up riding something out of a rodeo…but if you growled at him he went forward generally without any fuss.
No, I’m one of those people who was watching the racing and wanted to know if anyone heard what happened to those horses, since they never seem to tell you anything on the tv or online.
Forgive me for caring, but unlike some I don’t care about how much money I get back off the bookies.
& yes I’m fully aware that horses die, having grown up and ridden them since I was 4.
Baily Storm fell in the 7.10 at Worcester as well, bad fall but I couldn’t see on the ATR replay whether he got up ok? Looked to be struggling quite a bit….
I haven’t heard anything about Gracie May unfortunately. Fingers crossed she is ok.
RP confirmed Troy Tempest at ‘fatally injured’
No other confirmed deaths but in the same race Marleybow (IRE) was pulled up lame before the last.
Barney Curley is going to seek damages against Brighton racecourse.
BARNEY CURLEY will be pressing for compensation after his highly regarded filly Magic Maid had to be destroyed within moments of making her racecourse debut at Brighton on Monday.
The three-year-old daughter of Monsun was returning to be unsaddled after running in the Sporting Signs Maiden Stakes when, according to Curley, she tripped on a strip of matting that covered the road after the winning post and broke her near foreleg pastern.
Curley claims the course did not put down the mats properly. "I’m as sick as a dog," said the trainer, who watched the race at home in Newmarket.
Jockey Tom Queally said: "It is something to do with the mats. She tripped and broke her leg."
Asked whether he would be taking legal action, Curley, who does not insure his horses, said: "Of course. She was a beautiful, well-tempered, lovely filly by Monsun out of a Gone West filly who won a Listed race at Saint-Cloud and I’ve never had a better-bred one.
"I didn’t think Brighton would suit her, but I decided to run her anyway just to give her experience on the racecourse and now this has happened. It’s very wrong.
"The clerk of the course rang me to say he was sorry, but it’s losing her, no matter what you get, that is really upsetting. When am I going to get another one with breeding like her?"
Stewards’ secretary Tony McGlone said: "Onthe way back the filly suffered a fatal injury. The vet could not give an explanation, but it happened at the point of the crossing. We had an inquiry, talking to the vet, Tom Queally and the racecourse executive and a full report will be sent to the BHA."
Clerk of the course Edward Arkell said: "It is a very unfortunate situation and we are investigating the incident. The stewards have sent a report to the BHA."
Meanwhile Northern Ireland-based solicitor Andrew Montague, who is representing five online punters owed in excess of £800,000 by Betfred.com as part of an estimated £4 million gamble masterminded by Curley in May 2010, hopes to have lodged an application by the end of this week to Gibraltar’s supreme court for a judicial review of the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority’s handling of the case.
Gibraltar-registered Betfred.com voided the bets, despite the company paying out bets placed in their UK betting shops, after the GRA ruled the coup was "a fraudulent enterprise based on deceptions and the systematic misuse of inside information", accusations Curley strenuously denies.
http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/barney-curley-curley-to-seek-damages-after-death-of-filly-at-brighton/880355/top/
