Good news at last for ‘much brighter’ Celebre D’Allen after Grand National collapse
Celebre D’Allen jockey was later suspended (Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire) Celebre D’Allen’s trainers have provided a positive update on the Grand National runner after collapsing during Saturday’s race. The 13-year-old, trained by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, pulled up after the final fence before collapsing on the race course, requiring immediate treatment from veterinary teams on the scene. Celebre D’Allen was then able to walk into the horse ambulance, taken to the stables where he received further assessment overnight. Following the fall, a stewards’ inquiry was launched with the British Horseracing Authority suspending jockey Micheal Nolan for pushing Celebre D’Allen when he had ‘no more to give’. There was good news on Sunday morning with Hobbs and White’s Twitter account sharing footage of their horse looking ‘bright and breezy’ at Aintree having stayed overnight in Liverpool. ‘He’s had his stay at Aintree and I’ve seen videos of him this morning looking much brighter in himself and he’s been out for a pick of grass,’ said White. ‘The vets have seen him and he’s probably going to travel to a livery yard close to Aintree later today. It’s positive news and he’s going the right way. https://twitter.com/PJHobbs1/status/1908817492329234716 ‘In the heat of the moment, I haven’t really spoken to the vets about what it really is, but it was probably a combination of the heat and everything. The main thing now is he’s back on the right track. ‘It’s great for us that it looks like he’s going to be okay.’ Micheal Nolan was given a 10-day suspension (Picture: Getty) Celebre D’Allen was one of two horses who failed to finish on Saturday with Broadway Boy suffering a horrific fall at the 25th fence. Having also stayed overnight at Aintree, Broadway Boy is now ‘coming home’ with his trainers confirming their positive update on Sunday morning. Celebre D’Allen, a 125-1 outsider, visibly struggled to get over the penultimate fence, losing ground on the chasing pack. Broadway Boy also suffered a devastating fall (Picture: Getty) Jockey’s Nolan’s decision to continue racing earned him that 10 day suspension. Racing TV presenter, Nick Luck, said of the investigation into Nolan’s ride of Celebre D’Allen: ‘Clearly when you’ve got a race that was run at a searching gallop, in relative heat for the time of year, it’s absolutely imperative, and jockey’s are told that if your horse has given all that horse can give, you must pull up, and that’s what they’ll be assessing now, whether the horse should and could have been pulled up before he was.’ The British Horseracing Authority’s stewards’ report read: ‘An inquiry was held to consider whether Micheal Nolan, the rider of Celebre d’Allen, had continued in the race when the horse appeared to have no more to give and was clearly losing ground after the second-last fence. ‘The rider and the veterinary officer were interviewed, and recordings of the incident were viewed. The rider was suspended for 10 days.’
Celebre D’Allen’s trainers have provided a positive update on the Grand National runner after collapsing during Saturday’s race.
The 13-year-old, trained by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, pulled up after the final fence before collapsing on the race course, requiring immediate treatment from veterinary teams on the scene.
Celebre D’Allen was then able to walk into the horse ambulance, taken to the stables where he received further assessment overnight.
Following the fall, a stewards’ inquiry was launched with the British Horseracing Authority suspending jockey Micheal Nolan for pushing Celebre D’Allen when he had ‘no more to give’.
There was good news on Sunday morning with Hobbs and White’s Twitter account sharing footage of their horse looking ‘bright and breezy’ at Aintree having stayed overnight in Liverpool.
‘He’s had his stay at Aintree and I’ve seen videos of him this morning looking much brighter in himself and he’s been out for a pick of grass,’ said White.
‘The vets have seen him and he’s probably going to travel to a livery yard close to Aintree later today. It’s positive news and he’s going the right way.
‘In the heat of the moment, I haven’t really spoken to the vets about what it really is, but it was probably a combination of the heat and everything. The main thing now is he’s back on the right track.
‘It’s great for us that it looks like he’s going to be okay.’
Celebre D’Allen was one of two horses who failed to finish on Saturday with Broadway Boy suffering a horrific fall at the 25th fence.
Having also stayed overnight at Aintree, Broadway Boy is now ‘coming home’ with his trainers confirming their positive update on Sunday morning.
Celebre D’Allen, a 125-1 outsider, visibly struggled to get over the penultimate fence, losing ground on the chasing pack.
Jockey’s Nolan’s decision to continue racing earned him that 10 day suspension.
Racing TV presenter, Nick Luck, said of the investigation into Nolan’s ride of Celebre D’Allen: ‘Clearly when you’ve got a race that was run at a searching gallop, in relative heat for the time of year, it’s absolutely imperative, and jockey’s are told that if your horse has given all that horse can give, you must pull up, and that’s what they’ll be assessing now, whether the horse should and could have been pulled up before he was.’
The British Horseracing Authority’s stewards’ report read: ‘An inquiry was held to consider whether Micheal Nolan, the rider of Celebre d’Allen, had continued in the race when the horse appeared to have no more to give and was clearly losing ground after the second-last fence.
‘The rider and the veterinary officer were interviewed, and recordings of the incident were viewed. The rider was suspended for 10 days.’
