Wasnt looking good after the first @ Chelts 2.10 for Hidden Keel Shame as he was highlighted on yesterdays Morning Line as "Dark Horse to Follow"
Wasnt looking good after the first @ Chelts 2.10 for Hidden Keel Shame as he was highlighted on yesterdays Morning Line as "Dark Horse to Follow"
He did pull up flipping quickly didnt he - couldnt really see enough to know what went amiss though - hopefully it wasnt him,it was tack or something....
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What worried me more was when he pulled up behind the next fence and seem to go down at the back end and the jockey quickly jumped off and was holding reins. Plus on the next circuit they changed the angle of the camera to avoid the fence?
Yes, it looked like that to me, Bally. Could be the pelvis gone, or a hip. Very sad loss if he's had it. What are the chances of getting an update from Ch.4, I wonder?
Power is good. Control is better. (Lenin)
Broken leg. RIP Hidden Keel.
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Bummer-bummer-bum! First of the year, RIP.
Possibly not good, either, for THIS MASQUERADE at Exeter. This is a 9 y.o. gelding which has seen just six runs since kicking off in November 2009 - essentially, six under Rules (inc Bumpers) in two years, which I find very odd. I don't know if he started out pointing, but he has won and placed zero times up until today, and now he's 'standing behind a screen, but it doesn't look good' according to Matt Chapman. You do wonder why they've persevered with an aged animal that hasn't shown any aptitude.
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Power is good. Control is better. (Lenin)
Confirmed that THIS MASQUERADE is also dead, so the first day of the new year didn't bring much happiness for two sets of connections.
Power is good. Control is better. (Lenin)
Sad to hear on the first day. Hidden Keel was such a pretty horse too. Commiserations to all connections.
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God, the beautiful Hidden Keel, the pride and joy of the Longsdon yard. Feel like crying into my Pinot Noir tonight.
Our sport can be so bloody cruel at times.
Hidden Keel was beautiful
He was extremely talented, too, with 10 visits to the win/place circle out of just 15 races before today's. Would it be too soppy to imagine that his late part-owner and breeder, Mrs Matthey, might be greeting him home?
Power is good. Control is better. (Lenin)
Sad to report a couple of losses from the Pointing ranks over the turn of the New Year, and neither in racing incidents, at that.
Nile Moon, the former Howard Johnson and Ann Hamilton inmate who scored three victories last spring for Lucy Sutcliffe (culminating in the novice riders' championship final at Tabley in May), was reported dead over the weekend having suffered a ruptured abdomen at home.
The death has also been announced of Strong Weld, who suffered a fatal injury whilst out hunting with the Ledbury. Like Nile Moon seen to best effect latterly as a front-runner, Rhys Jenkins' pride and joy had won 16 Points and a beginners' chase, including four Points in 2011 at the age of 14.
Rest easy, both.
Jeremy
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Really devastating about Hidden Keel. I know a few people connected with the Longsdon yard and they all say that this one was the real deal. Tragic that he will not get the opportunity to show the rest of us.
R.I.P
If it's any slight comfort, Zen, then your HIDDEN KEEL connections might like to know how much his demise is regretted on here and elsewhere. I always think it's comforting for those viewing the empty stable and the abandoned rug to know that the outside world cares, too.
Power is good. Control is better. (Lenin)
Really sad about Hidden Keel, he was a gorgeous horse. I missed the beginning of that race and wondered what had happened to him - my unobservant family hadn't noticed anything amiss.
Thoughts are with his connections.
RIP Hidden Keel
For once glad that visitors turned up when the racing was on and I was surrounded by very small grandchildren and had to watch the race on 4+1. Had a nasty feeling that something bad had happened. Charlie came to one of our racing previews a few years back. Very decent bloke. Rotten luck.
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... unicorns are busiest at three o'clock in the morning.
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Echo of Light gone following a paddock accident, broken leg I think