UK Racing ?

What happened to Newbury, did a horse pass away in parade ring?
Listening to radio, had a bet

Well had the evens with a 35% deduction, but sad about the horse dying? any details Bob

Riverside Theatre also evens worth a bet

Racing was delayed at Newbury in extraordinary circumstances after Fenix Two and Marching Song collapsed and died in the parade ring before the first race.

An inquiry and immediate post-mortems were announced, with the reasons for the deaths unknown amid speculation the horses died from some form of electric shock emanating from underneath the paddock.

Txs................

awful scenes, looks like electric shock, farrier and groom saying horses giving off electric shock 5 minutes after collapsing?

Meeting abandoned, rightly so.

The meeting has been abandoned!

Two horses collapsed in the ring and died before the first,the 2nd fav was withdrawn at the start after wobbling,this is a massive story(td)

True Bob had no idea what was going on, should make Sky news

Shame sad to hear this.... BUT what causes an electric shock there, never heard of this before?

Newbury abandons after horses die in paddock

NEWBURY has abandoned the remainder of its Saturday card after two horses died before the first race.

Fenix Two and Marching Song both collapsed within ten yards of each other at the western end on the paddock.

Vets checked the remainder of the runners at the start after Kid Cassidy seemed to wobble before leaving the paddock. He was subsequently withdrawn and although the first race took place after a delay it was later announced that the rest of the meeting had been abandoned on safety grounds.

Graham Thorner, co-owner of Marching Song, was in tears in the paddock and the horse's trainer Andrew Turnell said: "I was just about to leg up [jockey] Nick Scholfield when the horse veered away and collapsed. He was dead within ten seconds. There is a feeling he may have been electrocuted."

Kid Cassidy's trainer Nicky Henderson added: "Just before he left the paddock he wobbled but he was okay once on the rubber mats that lead out of paddock."

Rumours are circulating that there was an electric shock from a cable under the paddock which would affect the horses with aluminium shoes, but not humans, although this has not been confirmed.

Clerk of the course Richard Osgood said: "We don't know what has happened. We are trying to find out and there will be a full investigation."

Stipendiarysteward Paul Barton said: "A post-mortem will be carried out on the two horses that sadly died in the parade ring. We are going to try and interview people connected with those horses as well as the veterinary team.

"We want to interview the lads with the horses and also some of the trainersand jockeys to try and establish what it is."

Trainer Keith Goldsworthy, who was present at the track for runners later said he had voiced his concerns about an electrical problem. "At around 1pm the lights in the grandstand were going on and off like a disco and I did report it to the stewards," he said.