Any idea on a cause mate or is it too early to speculate?
lovely horse. rip
[QUOTE=“Rocko, post: 944494, member: 1”]Any idea on a cause mate or is it too early to speculate?
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Collapsed post race mate so I’d imagine it was a heart attack, the poor divil
what would have been the reason for the heart attack pal?
Most probably high cholesterol levels. These horses are fed better than most humans.
It’s about time defibrillators were installed at every race course, at least until authorities can figure out what’s causing these unexplained sudden deaths.
Lammtarra, who won the 1995 Derby in a record time, has died at the age of 22.
The Gainsborough homebred, who also triumphed in the King George and the Arc, was put to sleep after a short illness.
He is one of only two horses to win all three races, along with Mill Reef.
“Lammtarra was very intelligent and a true gentleman,” said stud director Liam O’Rourke. “He will be missed by everyone.”
Sired by the legendary Derby winner Nijinsky, Lammtarra was voted the Cartier Three-Year-Old European Champion Colt in 1995.
His victory in the Derby was all the more remarkable as it came on his seasonal debut.
Not a horse.
I think he was calling the horse a gentleman, but I can see how you could get confused there. Incidentally, what traits could a horse have that would make him use such a comparison? How can a horse display gentlemanly qualities? Did he have a monocle?
A gentlemanly horse would be more polite and well behaved than a cunt of a horse.
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[SIZE=6]Melbourne Cup winner Vintage Crop passes away[/SIZE]
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 11:39 AM
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Mick Kinane has hailed Vintage Crop as an “iconic stayer” after the Melbourne Cup hero passed away at the age of 27.
Trained by Dermot Weld, Vintage Crop became the first northern hemisphere-based horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup in 1993, triumphing in the ’race that stops a nation’ in the hands of Kinane.
Vintage Crop also won the Irish St Leger in 1993 and 1994 and the Cesarewitch at Newmarket in 1992, as well as finishing sixth in the 1993 Champion Hurdle.
Kinane said: “He was an iconic stayer and we created history, so he’ll always have a special place in my heart.
“He was a very tough and genuine horse and also very talented.
“He won the Melbourne Cup, two Irish St Legers and the Cesarewitch. He didn’t manage to win the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. He just didn’t stay well enough.
“We were pretty confident going into the Melbourne Cup. He’d won the Irish Leger, the rain came, we were expecting a big performance and he produced.”
Vintage Crop was retired to the Irish National Stud after finishing third in the 1995 Melbourne Cup.
The stud’s CEO, John Osborne, told www.irishnationalstud.ie: “Vintage Crop was a true equine celebrity, a horse who pioneered the concept of truly global competition when he travelled from the Curragh to Flemington to win the Melbourne Cup, the richest race in Australia.
“The scale of that achievement is revealed by the number of horses who have since tried and come up short.
“He was a great feature of our visitor experience here at the Irish National Stud, his story was told to hundreds of thousands, who saw him as a true warrior.
“He was lovingly cared for here by Annette Boland, Fiona Doggett and Leona Harmon and will be missed by us all.
“Vintage Crop had a nephrosplenic entrapment which caused him to colic yesterday. As a 27 year old the treatment options are restricted, his response to pain control was disappointing and he was humanely put to sleep.”
[QUOTE=“balbec, post: 978943, member: 193”]Lammtarra, who won the 1995 Derby in a record time, has died at the age of 22.
The Gainsborough homebred, who also triumphed in the King George and the Arc, was put to sleep after a short illness.
He is one of only two horses to win all three races, along with Mill Reef.
“Lammtarra was very intelligent and a true gentleman,” said stud director Liam O’Rourke. “He will be missed by everyone.”
Sired by the legendary Derby winner Nijinsky, Lammtarra was voted the Cartier Three-Year-Old European Champion Colt in 1995.
His victory in the Derby was all the more remarkable as it came on his seasonal debut.[/QUOTE]that was a cracking run in the derby
put nicholls on the map
Kid Cassidy RIP.
Cheated death when electrocuted at Newbury a while back but sadly lost his life in Galway today.
RIP
first run for Christy roche
Bob Lingo
Beneficial Spirit
[QUOTE=“thedancingbaby, post: 992792, member: 48”]Bob Lingo
Beneficial Spirit[/QUOTE]
Mrs Mac backed both of these today :oops:
This article in The Mirror about poor Wigmore Hall is causing quite a stir. Warning - It contains graphic photos of the horse being shot in the head…
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/champion-race-horse-shot-head-4290791