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Mystery as horses die before race - Sport - Al Jazeera English
"Two horses died suddenly in the parade ring before a top race in England as their handlers and spectators looked on.
Racing at Newbury was abandoned on Saturday after the horses, Fenix Two and Marching Song, fell to the ground and died.
Former champion jumps jockey John Francome told Channel 4 Racing: "Three lads involved looking after the first horse that came down said they got a pulsing feeling coming through the horse. It seems it was something electrical."
Andy Turnell, the trainer of Marching Song, told sportinglife.com: "It looks like they've been electrocuted.
"My fellow (Marching Song) seemed perfectly all right and I was about to leg him up but he just went straight down."
Fellow trainer Jonjo O'Neill said: "It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life."
The racecourse later announced that the remainder of the day's racing had been abandoned as a precaution."
"Two horses died suddenly in the parade ring before a top race in England as their handlers and spectators looked on.
Racing at Newbury was abandoned on Saturday after the horses, Fenix Two and Marching Song, fell to the ground and died.
Former champion jumps jockey John Francome told Channel 4 Racing: "Three lads involved looking after the first horse that came down said they got a pulsing feeling coming through the horse. It seems it was something electrical."
Andy Turnell, the trainer of Marching Song, told sportinglife.com: "It looks like they've been electrocuted.
"My fellow (Marching Song) seemed perfectly all right and I was about to leg him up but he just went straight down."
Fellow trainer Jonjo O'Neill said: "It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life."
The racecourse later announced that the remainder of the day's racing had been abandoned as a precaution."
