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THYNE AGAIN SUFFERS FATAL COLLAPSE
By Ashley Iveson, PA Sport
Grade One-winning chaser Thyne Again collapsed and died during a routine canter on the gallops on Thursday morning.
Liam Burke's stable star finished fifth in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown last weekend and his County Cork handler is understandably devastated by the news.
"He was just having a routine canter out the back and dropped dead," said Burke.
"It's terrible news and to be honest it hasn't really sunk in yet. We were looking forward to going to Cheltenham with him but that's history now.
"Unfortunately these things happen in racing and it always seems to happen to the good ones."
The eight-year-old won six of his 18 career starts, including the Baileys Arkle Perpetual Challenge Cup at Leopardstown last January.
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