Black day for racing fans as two horses fatally injured
The second grade one of the day at Sandown the 888Sport Tinkle Creek Chase saw Dodging Bullets romp home at 9/1 to claim this year’s title.
The Paul Nicholls trained and Frankie Dettori bred mount came home just ahead of Somersby and Hinterland.
With no Sprinter Sacre or Sire De Grugy the race was wide open, and with the winner following up on some decent form shown recently at Cheltenham, Sam Twiston-Davies arrived home ahead of the chasing pack by two-and-a-half-lengths.
However the mood of racegoers was somewhat darkened by a heavy fall of the Nicky Henderson trained mount Oscar Whiskey.
Screen were immediately out up around the horse and its just been confirmed that the horse was fatally injured.
Can not describe how sad we all are to have lost our wonderful friend Oscar Whiskey. He was an absolute sweetheart & a favourite at home RIP
— Sarah Henderson (@sarahlhendo) December 6, 2014
It’s been a black day for the sport as earlier the Gordon Elliot mount Balbriggan also died following an incident in the Beecher Chase at Ascot:
Devastated to say Balbriggan suffered a fatal injury in today's Beecher Chase. He'll be a huge loss to the yard… http://t.co/vT2HpMQZtI
— Gordon Elliott (@gelliott_racing) December 6, 2014
