Around 10,000 fans were on hand for the race, which was first run in 1887.
The fall occurred as the field raced down the home straight on the first occasion, and as Chili Is Hot could not be moved, the race had to be abandoned as the remaining riders reached the 800m mark."This is one of the hardest events for anyone involved with racing to deal with," said Perth Racing boss James Oldring."Our thoughts are with all those connected with Chili Is Hot.
BanHorseRacing 🤬💔💔 ffs how many more horses have to suffer & be euthanised because of fractures & life threatening injuries for the sake of fucking profit & entertainment! 🤬
Slow news day Ch9? This occurred 2 days ago not 3hrs.
How about ANOTHER HORSE KILLED. Ban this barbaric 'sport' why are we still allowing this blatant animal cruelty. Pity the headline doesn't read '1 jockey dead, another injured but the horses are ok'
Let me fix this for you. “Horse injured but killed after incident”
Sounds like dead-set animal cruelty to me. How about we have a sport where people with whips ride on the backs of wealthy horse owners around a track.
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