Jedd o’keeffe has lost Lord Yeats today in a gallops accident
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Jedd o’keeffe has lost Lord Yeats today in a gallops accident
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Espoir D'Allen out for the season. And it begins. Bloody hell.
Gavin Cromwell has revealed that Espoir D’Allen will not run this season.
“He is lame and sore on his right front side and he hasn’t improved since he went down there. They are still doing tests on him” said Cromwell.
The JP McManus owned horse had been favourite to repeat his March success in the Champion Hurdle, but now Klassical Dream heads the betting at 7/2.
5 year old Espoir D’Allen was the widest-margin winner of a Champion Hurdle ever when he won by 15 lengths, he did not run again as trainer Cromwell thought the horse had a tough season.
“Last Thursday he had done a little canter and coming back in off the gallop he got spooked, reared up and fell over,” Cromwell told the Racing Post.
“He is down in Fethard Equine Hospital and we still haven’t found what’s wrong with him, but it looks like he is going to be out for the season.
“He got a slap off the ground and the issue seems to be around his shoulder, but they are still trying to pin it down.
“He is very lame and sore on his right front side and he hasn’t improved since he went down there. They are still doing tests on him to try and find the problem and the vets don’t seem very optimistic of him making a speedy recovery.
“It’s a massive blow for everybody in the yard.”
Last edited by granger; 13th August 2019 at 11:30 AM.
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
It's a real shame, but he's still a young horse, so fingers crossed he can make it back to the track.
Very tough on Cromwell
Horse probably hasn't even fully filled out yet so hopefully nothing that JPs medical team and vitamins can't fix
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Jezki retired
NewApproach (15th August 2019)
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
G-G (15th August 2019)
As Barry Geraghty says in that article, Jezki was "absolutely rapid over a hurdle". A very slick hurdler.
And it's nice to read in that article that Barry's comeback from injury is getting closer.
awful newsBREAKING: Brilliant Champion Hurdle winner Espoir D’Allen has died at the age of five
Eurgh. Awful.
Such a shame.
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He'll get forgotten even in discussions about horses cut off before their prime, but it was all there for him. Such a shame.
And now poor Roaring Lion. Tragic.
Even worse news. He was doing so well too
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Big losses both, sympathy to connections.
Oh no...just so sad, especially when it sounded like they were both on the mend
Devastating news about both horses, so so sad.
Just shows. Never cotton wool them
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Utterly awful news. What a pisser of a day.
I did fear for RL after the second op despite the promising progress reports. It’s exactly the same timescale as my mare who too made excellent progress after the second thenequally suddenly went downhill and we had no choice but to euthanise. It is devastating. I was so distraught I couldn’t actually talk about it for about three years.
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