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    Was so hoping that he would pull through

    RIP Red

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    Has a horse of his ability ever been better campaigned?

    He won just £1500 short of £5m in lifetime earnings, an extraordinary amount and took his connections all over the world. 'Only' £869k of his winnings came from races he actually won, and £710k of that came from one race, the Hong Kong Vase in December 2012. He hasn't won a race since, but he continued adding to his huge pile of place money, which came to more than £4m in the end. He was very durable, running in 54 races, more than 20 of them Gr1s.

    At 9 years old he was on the decline perhaps and coming close to the end of his career but what a career it was and he was a credit to all who had anything to do with him.

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    Gutted - but astounded that the RP HAVENT posted anything about it on their site?!

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    Yes, what a career he had and will be long remembered here and all over the world. RIP

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ballydoyle View Post
    Gutted - but astounded that the RP HAVENT posted anything about it on their site?!
    There's an article up there now about it.

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    Sad news indeed. RIP Red.
    All comers, all grounds, all beaten!

    This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.

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    Blue Heron out for the season

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    Former Champion Hurdle winner Rock on Ruby has been retired after suffering a tendon injury following his win at Ascot on Saturday!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamond Geezer View Post
    Former Champion Hurdle winner Rock on Ruby has been retired after suffering a tendon injury following his win at Ascot on Saturday!
    Shame.
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

    SlimChance, March 2018

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    12 wins, 8 seconds, 5 thirds from 27 starts. Oh to own a horse like that.

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    And ends his career with a win! Lovely horse and fondly remembered, by me, for winning a CH at 10/1 in 2012. I'd followed him all season that season, and he did well to serve it up to the Fly the next season and finish second.

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    I know it's selfish of me but he was a horse so loved by his connections [and the general public] that I'd reached a stage of wanting him to retire safe and sound. Happy retirement RoR.

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    Loved him to bits and as mo says, great he's retired in one piece

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    Nice hoss.

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    Happy retirement

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    A very very decent consistent horse with no quirks whatsoever.
    He will be missed by many racing fans indeed.

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    Not a big name or a true departure but our trainer retired De Waiting Game earlier this week - he has a hoof problem but should be grand in a few months and looking forward to seeing him in a new home :-)

    Martin
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    Alvisio Ville

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    Did we lose Moonlight Maggie at Leicester then?

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