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Very sad end for such a brave warrior …
62/350/11958/5377/0113062/2P9PU34/76P567P7/03113112P-1453FA very distressing end for all 4 I fear … Leopardstown was so hard to watch today (I missed yesterday’s races …). I didn’t hear an update on Racing TV and couldn’t find info on the race reports from today …
I was there and I didn’t realise at first he was possibly injured. I could only see on the screen as the field went by that he was standing very quietly just off the course with no screen around him so I thought he was OK … a little while later I saw the horse ambulance and the screen go up so I feared the worst … so sad – he’d only jumped 3 fences and the injury happened on the flat …
That’s awful … just cantering to the start … I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this happening before …
Sad loss of an older warrior … 50+ races with a good completion record then this … much sympathy to those who loved and cared for him …
Poor girl … awful injury on the flat at Cheltenham last race. Winner last time out …
Just found out it was her birthday too …Sad day as I’m almost certain one was lost in the last race … but Racing TV finished at Cheltenham without saying anything … also a winner last time out …
Sadly confirmed … Casa No MentoHope this works:
the page is called HORSE RACING PREDICTIONS + NEWS I’m not a member but it just came up on my FB this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/691529807536146/permalink/9729717023717334/?comment_id=9731739833515053¬if_id=1744622372922419¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notifDan Skelton has taken the time and trouble to update via a video on Facebook about the loss of Valgrand. Valgrand was given painkillers and got back to the stables. He looked like he’d been concussed. X rays done on neck and he’d damaged 2 of these C4/C5/C6 (Dan wasn’t sure which) and there was nothing more that could be done. He reassured us that at no time was Valgrand in pain – he was in “fairyland” with the drugs that had been administered.
Sad …Poor lass – I feared the worst – she was really going for it when she took a horrible fall … I thought it was instant but then heard she was still being treated and I hoped she would be OK …
Horrible to see … some dreadful falls/brought downs … not good race at all … fingers crossed for Walking On Air …
Yes Triptych – I find this very hard to take when at more or less the same time we were learning of the passing of Looks Like Trouble aged 33 … still have to put it in perspective … human babies pass away other humans make 100+ … trying to be philosophical about life …
Oh no – I’ve been waiting for news – if they announced it on Racing UK I missed it. I feared the worst as it was horrible … nothing went up on Racing Post results – not for any of the non-finishers for ages, then they went up it said heavy fall … now I see fatal … so sad for all concerned …
So the post-mortem results are published:
A severe respiratory infection is likely to have contributed to the death of Randox Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen, a post-mortem has revealed.
Trained in partnership by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, the 13-year-old was a 125-1 shot for the Aintree showpiece and was pulled up by Micheal Nolan after the final fence before then collapsing on the racecourse.
After receiving treatment, Celebre d’Allen walked into the horse ambulance and was taken to the racecourse stables for further assessment and stayed in Liverpool overnight – but although connections appeared positive regarding his recovery on Sunday, it was announced on Tuesday morning he had deteriorated overnight.
While the finding of the post-mortem is that a complication led to Celebre d’Allen’s death, rather than the exercise-associated episode itself, it is indicated the horse’s post-race condition could have been an aggravating or facilitating factor.
A statement issued by the British Horseracing Authority on Wednesday read: “The report of the post-mortem carried out on Celebre d’Allen has been shared with the trainer and owner, who have granted permission for the key findings to be published by the BHA.
“The post-mortem was carried out by Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons of Newmarket. The findings of the post-mortem state that the exercise-associated episode experienced by the horse after the race had concluded by the time of death.
“However, a severe bacterial respiratory infection (pleuropneumonia) had occurred post-race which led to the horse’s deterioration on Monday evening, with the subsequent onset of sepsis or endotoxaemia (the release of harmful substances into the bloodstream from bacteria) likely to have been a key factor in the cause of death.”
The statement continued: “Blood tests taken from the day of the race indicate that the infection had not been present in the horse on raceday, and was therefore developed after the race.
“Further bloods taken on the Monday indicated a severely compromised immune system. These indications had not been present in the bloods taken on the day of the race. This indicates that this issue emerged subsequent to the race and the exercise-associated episode.
“The heart pathology found no issues which are likely to be significant in the death of the horse.
“As stated previously, the circumstances around the fatality – as is the case with any fatal injury – are being reviewed in detail. The post-mortem forms one part of this process. In addition, the Grand National is always reviewed in detail after every running of the race by the BHA and the Jockey Club.”
The raceday stewards suspended Nolan for 10 days (April 19-26 and May 3 and 5) after concluding he “had continued in the race when the horse appeared to have no more to give and was clearly losing ground after the second-last fence”.
