London (AP) – Severe respiratory infection probably contributed to the death of Allen’s Celebre national runner, according to the post -mortem conclusions published on Thursday.
The post-mortem also acknowledged that the 13-year-old immune system was “seriously compromised” after running the exhausting jumps on Saturday.
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Celebr of Allen, a 125-1 shot for the National, was removed by Jockey Micheal Nolan after the last of the 30 fences. The horse then collapsed on the racetrack.
After receiving treatment on the course, he entered the horses' ambulance and was taken to the stables of the racetrack for a more in -depth assessment. Although its owners were positive about its recovery on Sunday, its condition deteriorated and died on Monday.
Celebre d'Allen was sent for a post -mortem, which found that bacterial infection – crying – developed after the race and led to the deterioration of the horse. The subsequent appearance of sepsis or endotoxemia – described as the release of harmful substances in the blood circulation of bacteria – is “likely to have been a key factor in the cause of death,” said the British Horseracing Authority, who declared that this had granted the permission of the coach and the owner of Celebre d'Allen to publish the main conclusions.
The episode associated with the exercise “experienced by the horse after the end of the race at the time of his death, according to the post-mortem, said the BHA.
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“Other bloods taken on Monday indicated a seriously compromised immune system,” added the BHA. “These indications had not been present in the Bloods taken on the day of the race. This indicates that this problem appeared after the race and the episode associated with the exercise.”
The stewards of Raceday suspended Nolan for 10 days after concluding that he “had continued in the race when the horse no longer seemed to have to give and clearly lost ground after the second fence”.
Iain Green, director of activist for animal animals Aid, described the duration of the suspension as “pitiful”.
The Grand National has long been considered one of the most dangerous horse races in the world due to the size of the fences. A certain number of new measures – notably by reducing the field from 40 to 34 runners and advancing the start of the race – were introduced last year in order to make it safer.
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