French horse breaks leg in Melbourne Cup
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French mare Verema had to hold upwards euthanised afterward breaking her off-fore cannon os almost 2000 metres from habitation inward Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.
The mare, trained yesteryear Alain de Royer Dupre together with ridden yesteryear Christophe Lemaire, was owned yesteryear the Aga Khan.
She had been rated yesteryear her trainer equally the equal of his 2010 Cup winner, Americain.
Verema (Barathea x Vermentina yesteryear Darshaan) had won the Group two Prix de Kergolay at her most recent start, the same race Americain won on his means to the Cup.
The race was won yesteryear Fiorente, trained yesteryear Gai Waterhouse together with ridden yesteryear Damien Oliver.
“Before the race in that place was no indication in that place was anything wrong, simply unfortunately in that place was something wrong,” Lemaire said.
“It’s all purpose of racing. We were inward skillful seat roughly the winner, simply together with thus … ”
Dr Brian Stewart, Racing Victoria’s caput of veterinarian equine together with welfare, said: “It is alongside regret that nosotros confirm that Verema had to euthanised afterward suffering a fracture to its correct foreleg during the running of the Emirates Melbourne Cup.
“This was an unfortunate accident that happens infrequently inward racing together with our sympathies are extended at this fourth dimension to the Aga Khan, Alain de Royer Dupre together with the connections of Verema.”
It was the begin fourth dimension the Aga Khan had a Equus caballus inward the race. He is one of the world’s most successful racehorse owners together with breeders.
His daughter, Princess Zahra, was inward Commonwealth of Australia representing her menage unit of measurement together with drew the No. three gate for the Equus caballus inward Sat night’s barrier draw.
She was at $17 entering the Melbourne Cup together with had exclusively started racing inward May final year.
A post service mortem volition hold upwards performed at the University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic.
The Australian paper likewise reported that Brown Panther, owned yesteryear England soccer neat Michael Owen, suffered severe lacerations to his near-side foreleg together with was taken dorsum to Werribee for treatment.
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