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Changingoftheguard and Our Aqaleem dead within 12 hours

  • 11-03-2010 12:13pm
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    Nulty
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    David Hayes stable rocked by double tragedy
    By Mandy Cottell/AAP 9:29AM 11 MAR 2010

    Australia: Trainer David Hayes has endured one of the worst 12 hours of his
    career with the sudden deaths of imported stayers Changingoftheguard and
    Our Aqaleem.

    The ex Aidan O'Brien-trained Changingoftheguard suffered a ruptured bowel
    during a routine gelding operation on Wednesday and could not be saved.

    Less than 24 hours after his loss, fellow import Our Aqaleem - whoran as
    Aqaleem when trained by Marcus Tregoning - broke down badly during
    trackwork and was rushed to the Werribee Equine Centre where he was put
    down on humane grounds.

    Our Aqaleem was due to have run in Saturday's Group 1 Australian Cup at
    Flemington.

    A downcast Tony McEvoy, racing manager for Hayes, said the double loss
    was a big blow to the stable which had high hopes for the pair in this year's
    Melbourne Cup.

    "They were two separate incidents to two Melbourne Cup horses which David
    went and sourced and he thought he'd found the right horses for the
    Melbourne Cup," McEvoy said.

    "They came out here and he still thought they were the right horses. It has
    been a terrible 12 hours.

    "We've just got to pick ourselves up and keep going."

    Our Aqaleem had a history of problems which had restricted the
    six-year-old's racing career to just six starts.

    They included a third to Authorized in the 2007 Derby and an outstanding
    win at his only Australian start at Flemington in January when he was
    resuming after two-and-a-half years on the sidelines.

    Our Aqaleem was considered Hayes' leading hope in the Australian Cup and
    was undergoing his final preparations for the 2000-metre race when he
    suffered the trackwork injury.

    "He was doing striding work this morning as his final preparation work for the
    Australian Cup when (jockey) Steven Arnold heard and felt a noise," McEvoy
    said.

    "The horse was immediately lame and pulled up like he had broken something.

    "Hewas immediately transferred to the Werribee Equine Centre for X-rays
    which showed he had fractured his shoulder and the decision was made to
    euthanase him." (AAP)

    Racing Post


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