He died being furiously whipped around a field so blood thristy animals could make money off him.
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Did he win?
No, he died.
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He was surrounded by his friends mate, thereās worse ways to go.
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The other horses being furiously whipped?
Three to go!!
It sickens me that there are people trying to Console De Thix who sent this poor horse to his death.
They are murderers.
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If it stays this warm you could have it wrapped up before racing starts on Friday
Yer man think horses have friends
Surely the meeting should be abandoned when thereās a fatality.
Consul De Thaix. RIP.
Has a jockey died?
Camaraderie is a big part of the horsey racing scene, particularly as far as the Irish horses are concerned, and especially at Cheltenham, as the horses are all extremely proud of being Irish - doing it for their country is a huge motivating factor for them.
When thereās a race on, youāll see the Irish horses who have already raced or are yet to race that day standing at the side of the track cheering on their stable mates, or indeed any Irish horse.
I remember when Istabraq won his third Champion Hurdle in a row in 2000, his great friend Florida Pearl was standing at the side of the track going mental cheering him on, and raised his legs in triumph at the finish, much like Sean Kelly did when Stephen Roche won the World Cycling road race in 1987. Then, when the Gold Cup came around on the Thursday, Istabraq returned the favour as his countryhorse almost completed a famous Irish double.
At Cheltenham youād have great Ireland v England banter amongst the horses before each race as they attempt to wind each other up - back in the days of the troubles it could even get quite nasty - for example, Carvillās Hill threatened to have Desert Orchid shot for deserting his country before the 1989 Gold Cup - but three years later heād become a deserter himself and was running for the English - the Irish horses famously engaged in a rather unseemly bit of schadenfreude that evening when it turned out Carvillās Hill had suffered a career-ending injury during the race. Sort of like the schadenfreude from the Irish surrounding Jack Grealishās fall from grace at the moment.
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Of course, the irony is that despite making great play about their Irishness, a lot of these horses are servile, West British lickspittle toady types when it really comes down to it.
A quick look at the list of Irish winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup will confirm this - Imperial Call, Kicking King, War of Attrition, Imperial Commander, Lord Windermere, thereās a fierce bang of British Army officer class envy from all of them.
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They arenāt allowed bet on themselves.
Do you have information to the contrary? This could be massive.
He would have wanted to go out like that
What killed him pal? Was it the dwarf with the overactive whipping arm or was he dispatched to horsey heaven by the veterinary surgeon and his revolver?
Delighted for PJ.
Sad to hear that Toe The Line was fatally injured doing what she loved. My sympathies to John Kiely and all at Lisfennel