2008 Departures
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Surely before Gareth. Notched one on the board at a time when 11 stone appeared to be the threshold and did the same weight carrying thing into second as the grey. 2nd in a gold cup also. I would say best national horse since West Tip. To think he couldnt win a bumper.
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Love Everlasting
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Yankadi was lost this morning, im presumeing he's died as i cant see barry hills chucking his guineas horse out, am waiting to hear what happened
Love Everlasting
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He broke both sesamoids on the gallops and was rushed to vets but sadly put down
trudij
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Joes Edge has retired to be his owners hack.
Best of luck (to them both!!!)
Best of luck (to them both!!!)
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Fayr Jag suffers tragic end to his career at Pontefract
by Ray Gilpin
GROUP 1 winner Fayr Jag suffered a tragic end to his career when he broke a shoulder in a freak accident at Pontefract on Monday before the RIU Palace Meloneras Handicap.
The Tim Easterby-trained nine-year-old, ridden by David Allan, was blindfolded and being led into the stalls when he backed out before lurching violently forward and crashed back into the structure of the stalls.
Allan said: "He had the blinds on but then went in reverse and backed out of the stalls. Then, still blindfolded, he launched himself forward into the iron bars and I went over his head into the stalls.
"I was very lucky but it has a terrible way for Fayr Jag to die, he did not deserve that. He gave me my two biggest wins in Group 3s and I feel very sorry for his owner (Jonathan Gill)."
Easterby's father Peter said: "It was a terrible way for Fayr Jag to go, he was up there with the best sprinters we have had, he must have been, he was a Group 1 winner!
"He even met The Queen after he had won the Golden Jubilee and he has been a great servant to the stable and to his owner Jonathan Gill.
"We were going to get him ready for the Steward's Cup, that was the plan for him and we are really going to miss him."
In all Fayr Jag won eleven races, his Group 1 success coming in the 2004 Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. He had previously won the Wokingham Stakes there in 2003, while three years later he won the Group 3 Chipchase Stakes at Newcastle and the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes at Newbury.
He earned over £423,000 in win and place prize money.
by Ray Gilpin
GROUP 1 winner Fayr Jag suffered a tragic end to his career when he broke a shoulder in a freak accident at Pontefract on Monday before the RIU Palace Meloneras Handicap.
The Tim Easterby-trained nine-year-old, ridden by David Allan, was blindfolded and being led into the stalls when he backed out before lurching violently forward and crashed back into the structure of the stalls.
Allan said: "He had the blinds on but then went in reverse and backed out of the stalls. Then, still blindfolded, he launched himself forward into the iron bars and I went over his head into the stalls.
"I was very lucky but it has a terrible way for Fayr Jag to die, he did not deserve that. He gave me my two biggest wins in Group 3s and I feel very sorry for his owner (Jonathan Gill)."
Easterby's father Peter said: "It was a terrible way for Fayr Jag to go, he was up there with the best sprinters we have had, he must have been, he was a Group 1 winner!
"He even met The Queen after he had won the Golden Jubilee and he has been a great servant to the stable and to his owner Jonathan Gill.
"We were going to get him ready for the Steward's Cup, that was the plan for him and we are really going to miss him."
In all Fayr Jag won eleven races, his Group 1 success coming in the 2004 Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. He had previously won the Wokingham Stakes there in 2003, while three years later he won the Group 3 Chipchase Stakes at Newcastle and the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes at Newbury.
He earned over £423,000 in win and place prize money.
crazyhorse
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i missed the race yesterday and cannot believe what I just read! 
Colin Phillips
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Cat, just be relieved that you didn't see the incident.
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Kathy
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It sounds like a horrendous, freak accident. Terribly sad for all the connections.
crazyhorse
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Colin, I was not keen on seeing it or anything, but was completely unaware that any sort of incident happend. meant to watch the race as he is one of the old favs, but so much trouble in office and completely missed it, just quickly checked result.... this is why its such a shock, if you know what I mean
rorydelargy
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why should it?Originally posted by zebs@Apr 22 2008, 01:09 PM
Very sad
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The amount of horses injured or killed wearing a blindfold being leaded into the stalls i know is minimal , but when you have horses that refuse to go in that are then blindfolded turned around a couple times so they dont know were there going , getting anxious or upset , then break free off the stall handler and smash into the stalls and die surely needs looking into !!....Ive seen horses being practised time & time again going in & out of starting stalls without blindfolds on ...if they have to be used then make sure that they are easily taken off if there is a problem ....Surely Rory one death in these circumstances is one to many and it should be looked into to help stop it happening again ....
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Kathy
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I didn't see the incident but by the descriptions it sounds like a freak accident. I hope it is investigated, for the sake of the trainer and the connections and of course any other interested parties. I have certainly not heard any other such incidents and I hope it's just a one off although extremely sad to lose any racehorse in this way.
There's the problem too that stalls handlers sometimes blindfold horses *against the express wish of the trainer* which also needs investigation. Dreadful end for Fayr Jag, who'd had a stalls accident before [you can see the scar in his head-on photos, his left side is bit bashed in].... so glad I was busy fiddling with photos all afternoon and missed that 
I backed Haze Bleu a few weeks ago when she won a point. Just happened to be there watching a mtes mare run and mate fancied this one in the next as it had run against their mare the previous day. She put up a gutsy performance to win. RIP
Colin Phillips
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That's a bummer.
It certainly is.... Really sad, I thought she was top class. Backed her nicely for the Oaks too.
B*ggeration! - and commiserations to connections
Meanwhile can anyone give me news on Bewley's Berry and Caribou in the big chase at Sandown?
BB's injury looked severe, didn't see Caribou's, both dismounted. Channel 4 told us nothing!
B*ggeration! - and commiserations to connections
Meanwhile can anyone give me news on Bewley's Berry and Caribou in the big chase at Sandown?
BB's injury looked severe, didn't see Caribou's, both dismounted. Channel 4 told us nothing!
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