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Black Gold, where do you get this infromation from? Couldn’t find it myself on the internet.
Very sad to hear this. Rest in peace Saludos.
His head was hanging down and Robbie Power already noticed what would happen and try to pull him up. This time the Irish commentator (Des Scahill) mentioned something about him falling and being injured prior to taht. This was not entirely correct, but finally Des told us the truth from the very beginning. I think this is quite positive and the opposite of ignorant or anything else what we already know from the Irish coverage.
That is very bad news indeed, but I feared the worst as he was pullep up within a few strides.
Rest in Peace Princess.
Surely no horse deserves to break it’s neck while doing what it "loves the most". Can’t hear this stupid phrase anymore….
However fair play to Nick Luck who chose the proper words when speaking about a fatality right when the re-run was shown. Not the bullsh!t you hear from some colleagues when they try to play stupid. I wish they all would be as straight as Mr. Luck. As mentioned before, there is no reason to hide deaths on a racecourse anymore. People aren’t that stupid nowadays….I am not blaming the commentators (in this case the very warm and pleasant Malcolm Tomlinson), however I wish they would pay a bit more attention to the fallers as well. Yesterday Malcolm had quite a few chances to realize how badly Amron Lad was injured. Let’s say he missed the swinging leg after they jumped the 4th. The next time round they had to ommit the fence due to the stricken (hopefully already dead) horse, who was lying behind the screens. Now he couldn’t miss that one I think and it took him quite a while to inform us about the incident. So that is why I felt very angry yesterday.
By the way, John Hunt did very well to inform us over his Twitter account about the other "fatality" which seems to have survived after bursting a few blood vessels. Even jockey Cjharlie Poste said he’s never seen anything like that before and was nicely surprised to see him get up again. Let’s hope he recovers pretty fast.What a shame he didn’t get the full retirement he deserved. But still a very genuine athlete who will be remembered.
Rest in Peace Take The Stand !I take your point, RN, about this not being the right place for this discussion, but there have been several threads recently, and the trouble is we can discuss it endlessly but we cannot seem to stop the trend towards the attitude of "Oh well, it doesn’t seem able to run fast, let’s send it jumping, no matter how unsuitable it seems to be".
Very good point by the way.
It’s nice that at least you people (who are by the way a very likeable and caring bunch) realize how ignorant commentators have become these days. Bad enough that a horse is just about to be desribed as "fatally injured", they ignore its injury and go on about the race. How fantastic it was and how pleasing it must be for connections to have won the race. Come on, show at least some dignity and mention the fallen athlete first. They are your daily bread, that is the reason why you get to commentate races and travel round the country and meet nice and interesting people.
Don’t hide anything from the public.I think they (the Racing Authorities) are paying to much attention to what the general public says (e.g. the Grand National) and instead of acting when it is needed, they just keep getting matters worse. There is clearly something wrong with the breed. You can’t blame every trainer for a breakdown, since we all know that most of the trainers really care about their athletes.
Rest in Peace George an RiThat is very sad. What a shame for such a young horse. Never seemed to have luck on his side.
Rest in PeaceWhat a shame that no one has noticed his injury. Not Holt and no one from the RP. I mean he ran riderless in about 4th position and the broken hind leg was quite obvious. What were they looking at?
Anyway, this doesn’t matter any more in this case.RIP. The Irish just don’t have much luck when they bring their horses over to Ascot. Remember last year when they also had the favourite for the 3m race – Bideford Legend – and the horse was also fatally injured.
No they don’t. Just "ripped" two of them myself. Champagne Rudi and Quiamo Malta…. Their injuries were too obvious to be ommited.
A very nice post indeed. I would go with the longevity and the fact that Kauto had nine great seasons in him. Plus his life was a lot more in danger than Frankel’s. So he deserves a lot of credit for retiring in one piece. Nevertheless both athletes merit the greatest respect and we should count us lucky to have lived in their era.
Happy retiremen to both of you boys!Very nice words indeed from the Alexander family. Nice too see them taking their time and remembering their horses in a very nice manner. Sad to read, but very admirable.
