Highland Hunter…
Apparently suffered a heart attack during the race today.
I note that he only ran 10 days ago in another gruelling race. Is it possible this race came too soon?
….the very sad thing about that stunning grey horse, is he led the funeral last week for his work rider, Keegan Kirkby, who was tragically killed in a Point-to-Point race. He was Keegan Kirkby’s favourite horse, apparently he adored him.
I watched the race Highland Hunter won a few weeks ago and it just seemed fate after Keegan Kirkby had passed away. In respect of your point, horses tend to work every day so yesterday’s tragic incident might have happened regardless, I doubt we’ll ever know. So sad.