Heart attack suspected in Aintree race death
A Equus caballus has died on the get-go twenty-four hours of the Grand National Meeting at Aintree, obviously from a midpoint attack.
Professor Chris Proudman, veterinarian adviser to Aintree Racecourse, said: “We are lamentable to confirm that Battlefront was pulled upwards at ground xi of the John Smith’s Fox Hunters’ Chase on the Grand National Course past times his jockey Katie Walsh and, sadly, before long afterwards, he collapsed in addition to died.”
The group, Animal Aid, said 11-year-old Battlefront was pulled upwards past times Walsh when he appeared to run distressed after jumping the challenging Valentine’s Brook.
He had been carrying 12 stone.
It said 23 horses were entered inwards the event. “It has been reported that 4 of them fell, closed to other was brought down, several were pulled upwards in addition to simply xiv of the 24 finished,” the grouping said inwards a statement
Animal Aid manager Andrew Tyler said: “The Aintree regime in addition to the British Horseracing Authority convey been claiming that major novel security measures in addition to efficiencies would eliminate much of the endangerment associated alongside racing on the Grand National course.
“But today’s Foxhunters’ Chase, inwards which Battlefront lost his life, was stomach-wrenchingly chaotic from start to finish. Several horses vicious or were pulled up, tired in addition to potentially injured. It was both utterly depressing in addition to served equally confirmation that the Aintree regime convey got it badly incorrect 1 time again.”
John Baker, Aintree in addition to northwest regional manager for Jockey Club racecourses, said: “British racing is opened upwards that you lot tin never take away all endangerment from horseracing, equally alongside whatever sport. However, welfare standards are real high in addition to equine fatalities are rare, alongside 90,000 runners each twelvemonth alongside a fatality charge per unit of measurement of simply 0.2 per cent.”
Proudman said: “The British Horseracing Authority policy inwards these situations is to found the crusade of death, then the Equus caballus has been sent to undergo a post-mortem exam at the University of Liverpool. From a veterinarian perspective, no other serious problems were reported alongside the 95 other runners racing today.”
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