High Nationwide Hunt horse Shishkin has been put down following an accident.
The twin Cheltenham Pageant winner, who was educated by Nicky Henderson and owned by Joe and Marie Donnelly, fractured a hind leg after turning into solid in his secure on Sunday night (28 April).
Mr Henderson mentioned: “Tragically we’ve misplaced Shishkin this night after he acquired solid in his secure and fractured his hind leg. Everybody concerned with Seven Barrows, significantly his homeowners, Joe and Marie Donnelly, Jaydon [Lee, Shishkin’s groom], Nico [de Boinville, Shishkin’s jockey] and George [Daly, Mr Henderson’s assistant] are clearly devastated that such an awesome horse, good friend and warrior has gone.”
Shishkin received 14 races from 21 begins, incomes £798,668, together with his profession highlights together with victories within the 2022 Clarence Home Chase at Ascot, the 2021 Arkle at Cheltenham Pageant, the 2020 supreme novices’ hurdle, additionally at Cheltenham Pageant, and the 2023 Ascot Chase. The ten-year-old was resulting from have a tilt within the Punchestown Gold Cup in Eire on Wednesday.
“He was resulting from go away for Punchestown tomorrow morning however sadly that is now to not be,” mentioned Mr Henderson.
“He was an absolute famous person and his CV is testomony to that – besides the King George isn’t in it, regardless that we consider it ought to have been,” Nicky continued, referencing the truth that Nico de Boinville was unseated from Shishkin on the second final within the 2023 King George when in rivalry. “The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and the Arkle had been his Cheltenham highlights, however the battle with Energumene within the Clarence Home at Ascot was in all probability his biggest.
“It is a very unhappy evening. He was our star and we’ll always remember him. Thanks Shishkin for the great recollections.”
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