The deaths of three horses at Cheltenham yesterday (Sunday, 17 November) have been a “tragedy for all connections”, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) stated.
Abuffalosldier died simply after he had gained the fourth race; he collapsed whereas his jockey Sean Bowen was being interviewed.
The Warren Greatrex steady star can be remembered for his front-running victory however couldn’t get the hero’s welcome he deserved within the winner’s enclosure.
The Ben Pauling-trained Bangers And Money suffered a deadly damage in the identical race, and the Matthew J Smith-trained Napper Tandy suffered a deadly fall within the following race.
“The winner of our fourth race Abuffalosoldier collapsed after the road and was instantly attended by knowledgeable veterinary professionals, however sadly couldn’t be saved,” a Cheltenham racecourse spokesperson stated. “Our heartfelt condolences are together with his connections.
“Bangers And Money was instantly attended to by our knowledgeable veterinary group however sadly sustained a deadly damage. Our heartfelt condolences are together with his connections.”
Liam Kearns, lead vet for Jockey Membership Racecourses, advised Racing TV: “Each circumstances we name them cardio-vascular collapse, as you’ll be able to’t say at this stage whether or not it’s a true coronary heart assault or whether or not it’s a main blood vessel that has ruptured. However it’s of that nature and subsequently it’s a sudden demise state of affairs.
“The vets are deployed throughout the racecourse, so each horses have been attended inside seconds and in these conditions of acute collapse there are some medicine we are able to administer, but when it’s a true cardio-vascular collapse, not quite a bit may be finished.
“It’s a high-intensity racing state of affairs, we have now comparable when marathon runners run or long-distance races are run, there’s at all times a priority that athletes at a excessive stage of exertion can with none earlier signs current this case. It’s an enormous coincidence that it occurred twice in the identical race.
“All horses are totally checked at residence earlier than they depart to go to the races, they’re monitored rigorously once they arrive on the races and trainers and connections love them to bits – no horse would go to the races with any prior information of a state of affairs like this. It’s a type of sudden issues that may strike.”
A BHA spokesperson stated: “The losses of Abuffalosoldier, Bangers And Money and Napper Tandy at Cheltenham at this time are a tragedy for all connections and the ideas of all of us on the BHA are with them. All three have been supplied with excellent care and a spotlight all through their lives by those that cared for them and no person can be extra heartbroken tonight than these people.
“As with all fatalities, we are going to search to grasp the circumstances behind every incident as we try to proceed to scale back avoidable danger in our sport.”
The spokesperson added that information on deadly accidents in British racing may be discovered on-line; the speed of deadly accidents is 0.42% of runners.
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