Just in Case Jimmy.....

http://www.pedigreequery.com/just+in+case+jimmy

Sandymount Earl, 5 years old, who was the favorite in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Owned by Ron Wood, he died trying.....

Jump in peace.

Sultry Sun.....

http://www.drf.com/news/article/92824.html

Little G Man and Knoblock, today at Bay Meadows...

http://www.drf.com/news/article/92848.html

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Fortune Wheel..... broke down during a race on Wednesday (HK) and couldn't be saved.

His only win...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...2007&raceno=07

Gosh hasn't anyone died lately?

gibson county! heart attack.

http://breeding.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=44051

Horrible... he was a really nice looking boy. I saw him last year. :(

Ya...too bad he wasn't ugly.

Why, are you next on the list? :D






















































Going to hide now.

Parisian Art, today at SA, of an apparent heart attack.

Rest in peace.

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=44070

Great seeing you again ma'am.




Funerals had come to a standstill.

I accidently stepped on a buggy this morning.














:(







I did some investigating and was told his name was Herb.


Wouldn't hurt a fly.








RIP my multilegged good friend.

Final Reality. Rest in peace.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepres...251a21175.html



Final Reality, one of the best-performed South Island gallopers in recent years and winner of its richest all-aged race -- the $275,000 Coupland Mile at Riccarton Park last November -- had to be put down yesterday in the North Island after surgery on a leg.


The five-year-old fractured the off-front leg while recovering from surgery on the near-front leg and could not be saved.

Michael Pitman, who trained the Howbadduwanitit gelding for much of his career, was shattered by the news.

"He was the sort of horse everyone wants to own. He never went a bad race, always did his best and won a lot of money through stakes and bonus payments," he said.

Final Reality won more than $540,000 including a remarkable $100,000 in bonus payments as a two and three-year-old as a result of astute placing.

His death was also a savage blow for his breeder, Sabin Kirkland, who named the horse after his dam, Virtual Reality, which died in a freak accident on a ferry trip home from the North Island some years ago when Final Reality was a foal travelling with her.

Final Reality was apparently kicked in the leg while based at a North Island stable after his run in the Otaki Stakes two weeks ago. He had been expected to start at Ellerslie last Saturday but the injury was worse than first thought and he was withdrawn. It turned out the gelding required surgery to the leg because of its slow recovery.

As a two-year-old Final Reality won the Ryder and Castletown Stakes in the North Island, two of the most sought after winter juvenile events for his age group, but proved he was more than just a "wet tracker" running fourth in the Two Thousand Guineas and then fourth to Wahid in the New Zealand Derby at Ellerslie.

He gained a new lease of life this season after a series of consistent performances in the best of company including a second to Sir Slick in the Japan International at Tauranga.

Final Reality, ridden by Chris Johnson, won the Couplands Mile in November and went possibly his best race when a close fourth in the Group One Thorndon Mile --coming from a long way back at the turn to be right in contention.

He is one of the few South Island-trained horses to have won more than $500,000 in New Zealand.

"The Coupland was the big thrill and the Thorndon the disappointment. He would not have won to be fair but he went a terrific race," Pitman said. Kirkland himself trained the horse during his four-year-old career.

"A lot of people might have thought he was just a wet-track horse but he showed that he wasn't.

"He was a lovely horse to handle and train and never let us down in the big races.

"He still had plenty to offer. I still cannot believe it has happened," Pitman said.

Stick me in here after I do what I must do tonight...Miss Sugah.

A real shock..... Divine Jury.

Anyone following the Carnival knows this name.....

He had won a G1 in SA last year, was a really nice 2nd to Linngari in March and 3rd in the Zabeel Mile behind Denis and Dijeerr.

Poor boy.

http://www.mikedekockracing.com/Default.aspx?tabid=308

Poor boy. Rest in peace.

McKelvey, today in the Grand National.

9 years old he'd raced 22 times (6-5-2).

Jump in peace.

A little bit on him.....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_ne...00/6557601.stm

TJ's Lucky Moon, 9 years old... Queen's Plate winner.

No details.

Rest in peace.

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From Racing post.....

Coolmore jumps stallion Saddlers' Hall dies at 20


by Amy Bennett
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THE dual-purpose stallion Saddlers' Hall died at the weekend from a heart attack after covering a mare, writesAmy Bennett.

The son of Sadler's Wells was 20 and had been standing at the Grange Stud, a branch of Coolmore's National Hunt division, for e3,500 this season.

Sire of top Flat performers such as St Leger winner Silver Patriarch and dual Group 1 winner Endless Hall, he was also responsible for the high-class hurdlers Teaatral and Topacio, smart chaser Abragante, Grade 1 bumper winner Mick The Man, and Cheltenham Festival winners Old Benny and Creon.
Saddlers' Hall, a half-brother to the outstanding Sun Princess, was himself an extremely talented performer. Trained by Sir Michael Stoute for Lord Weinstock, he finished second in theSt Legerand was an easy winner of the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot.

He enjoyed an excellent season at four, winning both the Ormonde and John Porter Stakes by ten lengths, and also won the Coronation Cup and Princess of Wales's Stakes.

He began his stud career in Newmarket at Cheveley Park Stud in 1993, and transferred to Coolmore's Castlehyde in 2000.

My goodness..where are you?







I want you to stick me in a hole and shovel dirt on me.





Ya baby!



Bury me baby!