Champion racehorse feared dead after collapsing in race but makes ‘miraculous’ recovery

Screens were erected astir Think About It whose fans were already posting tributes lone for him to get backmost up connected his feet and locomotion backmost to the stables

A champion racehorse has made a ‘miraculous’ betterment aft collapsing successful the mediate of a large contention and feared to person died.

Think About It is 1 of the world’s champion sprinters who has earned much than £6million successful a vocation which included triumph successful past year’s Everest, the world’s richest turf race.

On this year’s Everest paper astatine Randwick successful Sydney connected Saturday, helium was contesting the 18-runner Group 3 Sydney Stakes erstwhile helium abruptly fell backmost done the tract and collapsed to the turf.

He flipped implicit spectacularly, his legs flailed successful the aerial and jockey Jason Collett rushed to Think About It’s assistance arsenic helium was seen slumped connected the way successful a horrific country which led those watching to presume his wounded would beryllium fatal.

Among postings from fans connected X were comments similar “What a gut punch with Think About It. A ace horse. Sure I'm not the lone 1 feeling wholly winded seeing that.”

“Awful to watch” and “That’s devastating, Think About It."

The screens were erected circular six-year-old for privateness portion vets attended to the horse, but yet Think About It roseate to his feet and was led backmost to the stables to the alleviation of the 50,000 assemblage and TV viewers.

Owners Proven Thoroughbreds aboriginal posted: “Watching Think About It staggering to a illness during the moving of the Sydney Stakes was gut wrenching to accidental the least. Seeing the covers travel up is thing nary equine person should endure.

“Miraculously though, aft a important pulmonary haemorrhage, our large equine bravely stood to his feet and soon aft was walking backmost to his stall, erstwhile again showing however pugnacious helium is.

“Providing immoderate imaginable corruption doesn’t materialise, it present appears apt that helium volition survive.

“It goes without saying that helium owes america thing and his payment is precedence close now. Thank you to each the vets for their swift enactment and convey you for each the messages of support.”

Sky commentator Ron Dufficy said: “Today I thought we mislaid an Everest Champion similar astir radical who watched.

“But similar a Champion combatant helium roseate from the canvas aft a terrible sound retired , brushed himself disconnected and stood determination successful his stall dependable arsenic a doorbell saying I’m acceptable to spell location now.”

The stewards study said: “The veterinary serviceman reported that Think About It, which suffered an onslaught of bleeding, made a speedy betterment nether veterinary supervision.”