Angels

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Racing Post.....

Rest in peace.

Moscow Flyer's sire put down

MOSCOW SOCIETY, sire of the great Moscow Flyer, was put down on Thursday night after suffering a leg injury. The 22-year-old son of Nijinsky had spent the last 18 years at Hugh Williams' Ballyvolane Stud in County Limerick, where he stood for €3,000 this year.

“He fractured a hind leg getting up in his box and we had to have him put down,” Williams said on Friday. “I bought him as a four-year-old out of training with Henry Cecil and he was a part of the furniture here.

“Although Moscow Flyer would be his best, he's had plenty of top horses and he's done me very well.He was always a National Hunt sire but he got a 5f winner as well so he was very versatile.”

While the 13-time Grade 1 winner Moscow Flyer was undoubtedly Moscow Society's best runner, the sire was responsible for a number of outstanding jumps performers.

Among them are the smart young chaser Snowy Morning, along with Mighty Moss, runner-up to Istabraq in the Royal & Sunalliance Novices' Hurdle, and the prolific Moscow Express, winner of the Grade 1 Powers Gold Label Tote Gold Cup at Fairyhouse.

Owned by Sheikh Mohammed, Moscow Society ran just twice during his racing career. He made a winning debut under Steve Cauthen over 1m4f at Doncaster in the May of his three-year-old season, having been sent of the heavy odds on favourite.

That result earned him a trip to Royal Ascot to contest the Listed Queen's Vase, where he was beaten only three-quarters of a length by Green Adventure, having pulled seven lengths clear of the field. Having been struck into during the race, Moscow Society didn't race again.

[my miss storm cat]

Thyolo.....

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...erhampton.html

[Echo Farm]

Three horses euthanized

Three horses were euthanized on Tuesday morning at Hollywood Park as a result of injuries sustained either galloping or during workouts.

Wise Mandate, trained by Mel Stute, broke down shortly after completing a six-furlong drill in 1:13.80. According to Stute's son, Gary, Wise Mandate broke his sesamoids.

Wise Mandate finished last in the California Cup Juvenile on Nov. 3.

I guess the other two weren't important enough to list.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/90945.html

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Originally Posted by Echo Farm

I guess the other two weren't important enough to list.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/90945.html

Sad...

I've looked all over the place..... no information as to who they were, poor things.

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Quiz the Maid, 6 years old at Mountaineer, and High Again.....

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18747

[NoChanceToDance]

Macs Joy

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Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Macs Joy

SO sad.

Sporting Life.....


TRAGEDY AS MACS BREAKS DOWN


Barry Geraghty paid tribute to a "great servant" after Macs Joy lost his life when breaking down in the Boylesports.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Jessica Harrington's eight-year-old formed part a holy trinity of hurdlers alongside Irish compatriots Brave Inca and Hardy Eustace, and fought out many memorable finishes with the duo.

Only a short head and a head separated the trio in the 2005 Irish Champion Hurdle, with Macs Joy gaining the upper hand - forming one of his nine career wins from 30 starts. He also finished runner-up to Brave Inca in the 2006 Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle with Hardy Eustace third.

The three-times Grade One winner had been a popular choice for what proved to be his final outing and he was backed into 7-2 favouritism alongside last season's Champion Hurdle hero Sublimity.

But having travelled sweetly he broke down badly before the third-last flight and was pulled up by Geraghty, before being put down after a broken tibia was diagnosed.

Geraghty said: "It is a desperate pity as he was a great servant and a great horse in his own right.

"He had felt fine all of the way, but I then felt him lose his action behind.

"Jessie is upset at losing such a good horse. He has been with her for the past five seasons and has won plenty of top-class races.

"Winning the AIG Champion Hurdle in Leopardstown when he beat Brave Inca and Hardy Eustace, and when he was second to Brave Inca in the 2006 Champion Hurdle were probably my two favourite memories.

"He was a pleasure to ride. He was easy to settle, jumped brilliantly and I always enjoyed riding him."

Clerk of the course Simon Claisse confirmed: "He broke a tibia, which is a bone above the hock, and was put down immediately."