Jockey William Buick is taken to hospital after being unseated as his mount Permian is fatally injured in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington. BBC Sport – Horse Racing
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Haydock: Stalls handler dies, racing abandoned after incident
A stalls handler dies after an incident that led to racing at Haydock being abandoned on Friday BBC Sport – Horse Racing
Read More »Tommy Carberry: Grand National-winning trainer and jockey dies aged 75
Tommy Carberry, who won the Grand National as a trainer and jockey, dies aged 75. BBC Sport – Horse Racing
Read More »Mercy Rimell: Champion Hurdle-winning trainer dies aged 98
Champion Hurdle-winning former trainer Mercy Rimell, who also saddled four Grand National winners with husband Fred, dies aged 98. BBC Sport – Horse Racing
Read More »Canberra rider dies three days after trackwork fall
By Mark Scully 8:15AM 3 MAR 2017 Australia: A trackwork rider has died in hospital three days after a fall at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra. Riharna Thomson, 22, fell from Chosen Prayer during a gallop on Tuesday morning and was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries. The Canberra Racing Club announced Thomson had died as a result of her injuries ...
Read More »Horse of the year Charismatic dies aged 21 | Horse Racing |
D. Wayne Lukas: trainer of Charismatic PICTURE:Getty Images By Keith Melrose 8:31AM 20 FEB 2017 CHARISMATIC, who in 1999 came arguably closest to snapping the Triple Crown hoodoo eventually lifted by American Pharoah in 2015, has died in Kentucky at the age of 21. He had returned to the US in December after more than a decade at stud in Japan. ...
Read More »Ascot Gold Cup hero Fame And Glory dies | Horse Racing |
Fame And Glory: five-time Group 1 winner dies at the age of 11 PICTURE: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos) By Brian Sheerin 5:54PM 13 FEB 2017 FAME And Glory, winner of the Irish Derby and Ascot Gold Cup in a career that included five Group 1 wins, has died at the age of 11. The stallion son of Montjeu won 14 ...
Read More »Many Clouds dies after Cotswold Chase thriller
Many Clouds (left) locked in battle with Thistlecrack PICTURE: Getty Images By Jon Lees 1:28PM 28 JAN 2017 Report: Cheltenham, Saturday BetBright Trial Cotswold Chase (Grade 2) 3m1f56y MANY CLOUDS, the 2015 Grand National winner, collapsed and died on Saturday moments after inflicting a first defeat over fences on Gold Cup favourite Thistlecrack leaving Cheltenham in a state of shock. ...
Read More »Grand National hero Brian Fletcher dies aged 69
Brian Fletcher: triumphed in the Aintree spectacular three times PICTURE: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos) By David Carr 5:28PM 12 JAN 2017 BRIAN FLETCHER, one of only three men to win the Grand National three times, has died at the age of 69. The man whose name will forever be associated with Red Rum but who also conquered Aintree on Red ...
Read More »Former top amateur and breeder Bob McCreery dies at 86
Bob McCreery: champion amateur rider in 1956-57 season PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos) By Stuart Riley 4:00PM 24 DEC 2016 BOB McCREERY, the amateur rider-turned-breeder who was instrumental in the establishment of the European Breeders’ Fund, has died. He was 86. The son of the distinguished WWII general Sir Richard McCreery, Bob McCreery was champion amateur rider in 1956-57 having ...
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