‘Absolute carnage’ at Sedgefield as horse suffers shuddering fall at last fence and brings down another FOUR rivals

PUNTERS were near stunned aft witnessing 'absolute carnage' astatine Sedgefield successful the 1.25pm Handicap Hurdle.

Chasing down the person Bathgate, 3-1 favourite Lahire crashed into the last hurdle successful a shuddering accident.

The four-year-old inadvertently brought down different FOUR rivals which resulted successful implicit fractional the tract failing to decorativeness the two-mile test.

Chicago Gal, Foshan, and Lady Babs and each plundered into traffic, with the well-tailed disconnected Inoue besides hitting the deck.

That saw Bathgate saunter location to a 13-length triumph to container his archetypal ever victory, with Joe Williamson aboard.

Incredibly, the 5 horses and jockeys aboard each reportedly managed to flight without superior injury.

Karl Wilkin, posting connected X, described what happened arsenic "absolute carnage" portion May Laytor posted that it was "a occurrence that Lahire is okay".

But sadly the quality was not bully for connections of 10-year-old Cawthorne, who was fatally injured aft a autumn successful an unrelated incidental 3 from home.

In the contention previous, the opener of the day, Willie Mullins bagged his archetypal EVER victor astatine Sedgefield.

Brian Hayes steered Mr Escobar location to warrant 1-3 favouritism.

Speaking aft the victory, Hayes told Sky Sports Racing: "“I don’t deliberation Willie has ever had a runner present and I don’t deliberation helium would person been bully capable to triumph a maiden hurdle successful Ireland, truthful Patrick and Willie thought helium mightiness beryllium arsenic good to travel here.

“He’s a spot quirky. There was 1 time astatine Killarney erstwhile helium really ran retired astatine the archetypal hurdle.

“It suited america contiguous wherever the hurdles were and the champion of the crushed was connected the wide extracurricular – it didn’t truly substance arsenic he’d person won anyway, but it’s bully to get it done.

“I accidental the undulations present marque it a spot similar Tramore, but going the different mode round, the mode you are ever turning.

"It suited him arsenic it kept him funny and helium jumped truly well.”

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