Second blow for Cecil family as winner dies at Ascot
Warren Place stables was dealt only about other blow next the recent decease of trainer Sir Henry Cecil, amongst the loss of Thomas Chippendale after a brave win inward the Group Two Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday.
The four-year-old, trained by Lady Cecil for Sir Robert Ogden, proved a gutsy winner of the race, but collapsed before long after crossing the trouble inward the mile-and-a-half rival in addition to died of a suspected optic attack.
Lady Cecil, whose husband, Sir Henry, died on June eleven at the historic catamenia of seventy next a long run across amongst cancer, was visibly shaken in addition to close to tears when she said: “Leading upwards to the race he was inward such practiced shape in addition to actually enjoying himself. When Luis [Villarroel, his groom] took him out for a choice of grass he was ever the concluding i who wanted to come upwards dorsum in.
“He was doing what he enjoyed in addition to loved doing in addition to thus it’s heartbreaking.
“We couldn’t take away maintain been happier amongst him beforehand in addition to he could non take away maintain won similar that if he had non been a happy, audio horse. We’re devastated for Luis in addition to really piteous for Sir Robert who was looking frontward to this 24-hour interval thus much.
“We didn’t realise the Equus caballus had collapsed, thus nosotros came from the grandstand into the winner’s enclosure feeling thus happy in addition to couldn’t sympathise why it was rather quiet. We didn’t know what had happened, but they enjoin it was really quick in addition to the Equus caballus did non suffer.”
Earlier inward the calendar week Lady Cecil’s Riposte won the Ribblesdale Stakes.
“It’s thus awful to become from i emotion to another, from a high to a low. It puts such a dampener on the day. My optic is pounding, but nosotros take away maintain to deport on.”
Asked nearly her determination to come upwards racing this calendar week next her husband’s death, Lady Cecil said: “I’ve had to locomote along going for Team Cecil in addition to for Henry.”
Thomas Chippendale took upwards the running halfway upwards the direct in addition to battled all the agency to the line, repelling the challenge of runner-up Dandino past times a length.
The boy of Dansili, won 4 of his 10 career races and was recording his instant victory at the Royal Meeting having won the King Edward VII Stakes concluding yr but collapsed several yards after the trouble equally jockey Johnny Murtagh was easing him down.
“Thomas Chippendale did a slap-up undertaking in addition to lay everything into it,” said Murtagh.
“I felt him create a lilliputian shimmy when I was only pulling him upwards after the trouble in addition to when I jumped off of him he lost his balance. I don’t know what happened, he only collapsed behind me.
“I got a lovely run in addition to my Equus caballus has won good but I’m devastated at the agency it’s finished.
“It is heartbreaking for everybody involved because it was a slap-up win.”
Thomas Chippendale’s groom, Luis Villarroel, was inward tears after the race but was afterwards interviewed past times Clare Balding on Channel 4.
“He was such a wonderful horse,” said Villarroel.
“He was ever doing his locomote at home, never complaining nearly everything in addition to he would create everything perfectly. It seemed that he had been improving over the concluding span of races in addition to he was thus happy at home. It’s incredible that this has happened – it’s quite hard.
“It has been thus emotional for us amongst Riposte winning the Ribblesdale the other day. Today was a bright complete amongst this variety of race in addition to and thus this happened. It’s really difficult for us in addition to the whole squad but nosotros are yet potent in addition to nosotros are going to locomote along working.
“These things plough over off inward the sport but nosotros take away maintain to deport on, locomote along fighting in addition to create our best. That’s what nosotros are hither for.”
There had also been drama shortly after the commencement of the race equally leader Ektihaam, ridden past times Paul Hanagan, appeared to sideslip coming circular the bend.
The colt unshipped Hanagan equally he came downward in addition to the jockey has been stood downward for the ease of the day, having been taken to infirmary equally a precaution.
“It appears that Ektihaam slipped on the curvature thus nosotros are forthwith slitting it in addition to and thus nosotros volition sand it (the ground) earlier the side past times side race on the circular course,” said Ascot’s clerk of the course of pedagogy Chris Stickels.
Meanwhile, Dandino remains on course of pedagogy for the Melbourne Cup after finishing runner-up inward the Hardwicke Stakes.
“It was a practiced run in addition to he was hampered when the jockey (Paul Hanagan) fell. He in addition to thus hitting a apartment topographic point earlier staying on,” said trainer Marco Botti. “The Melbourne Cup volition hold out the conception in addition to we’ll locomote along him fresh over the summertime in addition to and thus caput for the Caulfield Cup earlier Melbourne. I can’t consider why he won’t rest the Melbourne Cup trip.”
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