Officials ‘deeply saddened’ by death of Celebre d’Allen
Celebre D'Allen ridden by jockey Callum Pritchard on their way to winning the Portek Limited Handicap Chase at Bangor-On-Dee racecourse, Wrexham County Borough. Picture date: Wednesday November 13, 2024
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OFFICIALS at World Horse Welfare (WHW) hope lessons can be learned from the death of Celebre d’Allen in this year’s Grand National.
The 13-year-old, trained by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White and sent off as a 125-1 outsider, jumped the final fence but was then pulled up by jockey Micheal Nolan and collapsed on the racecourse.
He received treatment at Aintree and initially showed signs of making a recovery following a night in the track’s stables, but then deteriorated significantly and could not be saved.
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