The deaths of 4 horses at a Newton Abbot race assembly weren’t linked, based on a preliminary investigation by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).
The 4 animals all suffered deadly accidents throughout a gathering on Tuesday 25 June.
Hallowed Rose fell and Bala Brook was pulled up in the identical handicap hurdle race, whereas Cuzzicombe and Completely happy Helen had been pulled up in different hurdle contests.
The seven-race card was run on floor that was formally good, good to agency in locations.
An in depth investigation by the BHA’s Fatality Assessment Group remains to be ongoing.
“The BHA’s Racecourse and Amenities Supervisor is happy that there was no challenge with the racing floor or some other facility on the observe that brought on these incidents,” the BHA mentioned in a press release., exterior
“This adopted an inspection of circumstances at Newton Abbot and a radical evaluation of the observe’s racing floor upkeep information.
“Whereas the person equine fatality critiques are ongoing, it has been decided that every damage was sustained in distinctive circumstances and there seems to be no exterior issue linking them.”
Newton Abbot’s security document had beforehand been good – between 2022 and 2023 there had been three fatalities out of 1,524 runners – round half the nationwide common for bounce racing.
The subsequent assembly on the Devon course is on Friday.
