Equine Retirements, Long Term Injuries and Departures

RIP Alan Lee, who recently had open heart surgery. Saw him at Cheltenham races last week and thought he was on road to recovery.
 
John Ferguson, currently in fifth position in the British jumps trainers' championship, is to quit training at the end of April to become chief executive and racing manager to a new streamlined Godolphin operation
 
But who will like it are the smaller owners and trainers who have seen their bread-and-butter novice hurdles and chases hoovered up by Bloomfield horses up and down the country from Perth to Newton Abbot.
 
Hannigan's Lodger, race and broodmare. Not a superstar in rating terms but to her owners/breeders as good as anything, and to me as the dam of my mare and the horse which got me to go and watch jump racing when I had never been before. She will be sorely missed by those that loved her. :(
 
Lie Forrit retired in one piece after disappointing in the veterans chase at Sandown. An old favourite

Also, not sure if reported before, but Beat That misses this season
 
trudij said:
Impek put to sleep yesterday. Old age caught up with him from the sounds of things. :(
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We had two Novice Chasers in our lines for the 2003 TTF competition - Impek and Azertyioup. We finished jt-26th overall that year; some 40-odd points off first place, and about 15pts out of the prize-money. If we had popped Azerty in that line instead of Impek, we would have scooped the bullion......and we did it with nine active runners, as we had Frenchman's Creek in the same line, and he was declared OFS the day after entries had to be submitted (thank you Hughie Morrison, you bubble-permed Flattie tosspot).

RIP Impek.
 
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