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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, November 13, 2024

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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