Hollie Doyle ‘devastated’ After Hugely Popular Trueshan Suffers Fatal Injury At Goodwood

The consequence seemed immaterial aft nan Group One Goodwood Cup connected Tuesday arsenic confirmation arrived that Trueshan, 1 of nan astir celebrated horses successful training acknowledgment to a hugely successful business pinch his regular jockey, Hollie Doyle, had suffered a fatal wounded successful nan two-mile characteristic arena connected nan opening time of Glorious Goodwood.

Trueshan suffered a fracture of his left-hind pastern while galloping uphill connected nan acold broadside of nan way and was instantly attended by nan track’s veterinary team. Alan King’s nine-year-old gelding had group disconnected arsenic a 22-1 chance for a repetition of his triumph successful this title successful 2021, which was Trueshan’s first occurrence – and Doyle’s 2nd – astatine Group One level.

“I’m conscionable devastated,” Doyle said later. “It couldn’t beryllium immoderate worse. He was a special, typical horse, I can’t deliberation of thing other to say. I americium gutted. He’s been astonishing for me, a star, and those memories we person together are immoderate of my very best.”

Tuesday’s title was nan 35th commencement of Trueshan’s career, during which he was a last-minute scratch from respective awesome races because of concerns complete accelerated ground.

In summation to his Goodwood Cup occurrence 4 years ago, he recorded 2 wins successful nan Group One Prix du Cadran astatine Longchamp successful October, 1 successful nan Group Two Doncaster Cup and 3 successful nan Long Distance Cup astatine Ascot connected Champions Day successful October. Trueshan besides put up 1 of nan astir awesome handicap performances of caller decades successful nan Northumberland Plate astatine Newcastle successful 2022, erstwhile he won nan celebrated two-mile title nether 10st 8lb disconnected an charismatic people of 120.

James Given, nan British Horseracing Authority’s head of equine welfare, told Racing TV that, “like each nan horses moving present today, Trueshan was examined by my squad this greeting and gave america nary concerns.”

Given added: “What has happened unluckily is conscionable an accident, mid-race, successful a consecutive statement going up a hill. His left-hind pastern collapsed and near him successful a business that wasn’t recoverable from.

“He would person been instantly sedated and fixed symptom alleviation while vets examined nan grade of nan injury. Alan was capable to get down location and measure him pinch nan vets, and they felt location was nary action really but to put him down.”

Scandinavia ridden by Wayne Lordan (centre) wins nan Goodwood Cup. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Scandinavia, nan eventual victor of Tuesday’s race, was nan first three-year-old to onshore nan prize since Stradivarius, who went connected to triumph nan Ascot Gold Cup 3 times, successful 2017.

Aidan O’Brien’s colt sewage nan amended of a sustained struggle pinch his unchangeable companion and favourite, Illinois, and is now apt to group disconnected arsenic nan marketplace leader for nan St Leger astatine Doncaster adjacent month.

“They were head-to-head each nan measurement down nan consecutive and it was precisely what you for illustration to watch,” O’Brien said. “He’s by Justify and he showed what we spot successful Justifys each nan time, they will not dishonesty down. No matter really tired they get, nan strides keeps going and nan caput keeps down.”

Take Gold to radiance successful Sussex

Field Of Gold’s three-year-old profession to day has been an near-facsimile of his sire Kingman’s 2nd play connected nan track, moreover including a second-place decorativeness successful a 2,000 Guineas that he astir apt should person won, and nan shape is apt to proceed astatine Goodwood connected Wednesday erstwhile John & Thady Gosden’s colt lines up for nan Group One Sussex Stakes.

Field Of Gold (3.05) will astir apt group disconnected astatine a akin value to Kingman too, arsenic his sire was a 2-5 changeable to hit 3 rivals successful this title 11 years agone and Field Of Gold is besides odds-on for his first commencement successful all-aged company.

Field Of Gold confirmed his position arsenic nan season’s champion three-year-old miler pinch an emphatic three-and-a-half magnitude conclusion of Aidan O’Brien’s Henri Matisse successful nan St James’s Palace Stakes astatine Royal Ascot past month.

Henri Matisse is again among his half-dozen rivals connected Wednesday and Goodwood’s crisp downland circuit is simply a different test, but moreover a maestro tactician for illustration O’Brien will struggle to hatch a scheme to overturn his Ascot shortage and Rosallion, past year’s St James’s Palace Stakes winner, is simply a much reliable rival for nan favourite.

Richard Hannon’s colt was a precocious scratch from nan Sussex 12 months agone owed to an infection and missed nan remainder of nan campaign, and has conscionable 1 much commencement connected his profession grounds than Field Of Gold. Even his champion shape to day gives him thing to find pinch nan Gosdens’ runner, though, and nan Classic generation’s caller power successful this title – pinch 4 wins successful nan past six twelvemonth – should continue.

Goodwood 1.20 A slow commencement from a wide tie near Sing Us A Song with a upland to climb successful nan King George V Handicap astatine Royal Ascot past clip and he did good to decorativeness wrong 7 lengths of nan victor successful nan circumstances. He is amended judged connected nan shape of his triumph astatine Sandown successful April, and Goodwood – wherever he was a victor arsenic a juvenile – will suit his salient moving style.

Goodwood 1.55 The lightly-raced Tabiti was sent disconnected astatine 11-2 for nan Group One Fillies’ Mile past October and while that proved to beryllium a measurement excessively far, she put up an eye-catching capacity to decorativeness 3rd connected her seasonal and handicap debut successful a basking title astatine Royal Ascot past month. This seven-furlong Group Three looks perfect arsenic she starts to activity her measurement backmost into Pattern company.

Goodwood 2.30 Ameeq showed important betterment to outrun a three-figure value and decorativeness 4th successful nan Norfolk Stakes astatine Royal Ascot. He was besides arguably unlucky not to decorativeness person arsenic he was struck connected nan caput by a rival jockey’s whip wrong nan last furlong, and this high-speed trial should suit his strong-travelling style.

Goodwood 3.45 It took Bintjeddah a while to spell done nan gears earlier her second-place decorativeness astatine Newmarket past clip and this measurement up successful travel could beryllium what she needs.