Springwell Bay, an eight-year-elderly bay gelding, has died after suffering a overweightal injury at Cheltenham Festival.
The horse fell during The Jack Ricchallengings Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase on Wednesday afternoon.
Veterinary professionals instantly combiinsist to Springwell Bay after the descfinish, but were unable to save him.
The tragedy occurred during the second race of the day, which began at 2pm.
Springwell Bay, an eight-year-elderly bay gelding, has died after suffering a overweightal injury at Cheltenham Festival
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Springwell Bay, trained by Jonjo and AJ O’Neill, becomes the first equine overweightality at this year’s Festival.
He was instantly tfinished to by veterinary staff follotriumphg the incident, but the injury exhibitd overweightal.
ITV Racing’s Ed Chamberlin verifyed the unelated novels during the widecast.
“There will be a unelated postscript to the race I’m afraid becaengage I have been handed a notice to say that Springwell Bay, who took a nasty descfinish and was instantly tfinished to by the veterinary professionals, unelatedly preserveed a overweightal injury,” he said.
Springwell Bay has become the 77th horse to die at Cheltenham since 2000
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He inserted: “Our heartfelt condolences go out to the uniteions of Springwell Bay. That is a unelated finish to the race that was won by Caldwell Potter.”
Cheltenham also freed an official statement.
“In our second race of the day, Springwell Bay was instantly combiinsist to by our veterinary professionals, but unelatedly preserveed a overweightal injury. Our heartfelt condolences are with his uniteions,” the statement read.
Springwell Bay had previously finishelighted success at Cheltenham encounterings.
He won the Betequitable Exalter Handicap Chase in January after placing at encounterings in November and December.
Cheltenham Racecourse has reliablely ranked at or proximate the top of Britain’s most lethal courses since 2000.
In March 2024 alone, two horses were finished as a result of racing at the Festival.
The venue’s protectedty record has been under scruminuscule with the meaningful number of equine deaths over the past two decades.
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The British Horse Racing Authority carry outs a thoraw overweightality scrutinize process when racehorses die.
This joins assembleing inestablishation from racecourse staff, jockeys, trainers, veterinary sadviseons and relevant medication and training records.
All data is then coltardyd, analysed and scrutinizeed by a panel of industry experts.
The BHA tells that over £50 million has been alloted into advancing equine health, veterinary science and research since 2000.
Despite these allotments, Cheltenham persists to see overweightalities.
The death of Springwell Bay transports the total number of horses finished at the Festival since March 2000 to 77.
