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Two Grand National horses ‘being assessed by vets on course’ after nasty fall
Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen both suffered nasty falls during the Grand National(Mark Cosgrove/News Images) Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen are being treated by on the racecourse at Aintree after both horses failed to make the finish during Saturday’s Grand National. Nick Rockett, a 33-1 outsider, held off competition from pre-race favourite I Am Maximus to win the 2025 Grand National. However, concern immediately turned to Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen, who were unable to make it to the end of the race. Broadway Boy suffered a nasty fall at Valentine’s Brook, a 5ft high, 7ft wide fence. Celebre D’Allen was pulled up before the last and jockey Micheal Nolan is under Stewards’ Inquiry for not pulling up the horse sooner. The following race at 5pm – the Rosconn Group Maghull Novices’ Chase – has been delayed while the two horses were treated. In a statement read out on ITV after the Grand National, presenter Ed Chamberlin said: ‘Jockey’s all absolutely okay. ‘Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen are being assessed on course by expert veterinary teams. Further updates will follow in due course.’ Providing a further update before the end of ITV’s broadcast, Chamberlin added: ‘Both horses are being treated at the minute. I don’t think we’ll be able to update more than that before we go off air.’ However, Tom Bellamy, the jockey of Broadway Boy, has been taken to hospital. Meanwhile, Celebre D’Allen was able to walk into the horse ambulance after receiving treatment. Racing TV presenter Nick Luck issued a separate update: ‘At the moment there are two horses being assessed by the veterinary team – one is Broadway boy who took that very heavy fall at Valentine’s Brook on the second circuit under Tom Bellamy. ‘The other horse is Celebre D’Allen. Celebre D’Allen has had a lot of experience around these fences at shorter distances. He’s a horse who made a big move into the heat of the race and then clambered over the second-to-last fence and was pulled up before the final fence. He’s also receiving veterinary attention. ‘We’re hearing he [Celebre D’Allen] has just walked into the horse ambulance. We also are led to believe by the team here at Aintree that the stewards are an inquiry into the riding 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.’ Racing TV analyst Martin Dixon added: ‘I think it’s absolutely right they have that inquiry, isn’t it. They’ve got to look into that. ‘There’s no question that at the point he pulled up he was a tired horse, wasn’t he. ‘Fingers crossed he is okay, he’s obviously walked into the horse ambulance, so that’s a semi-positive sign.’ More to follow… For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen are being treated by on the racecourse at Aintree after both horses failed to make the finish during Saturday’s Grand National.
Nick Rockett, a 33-1 outsider, held off competition from pre-race favourite I Am Maximus to win the 2025 Grand National.
However, concern immediately turned to Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen, who were unable to make it to the end of the race.
Broadway Boy suffered a nasty fall at Valentine’s Brook, a 5ft high, 7ft wide fence.
Celebre D’Allen was pulled up before the last and jockey Micheal Nolan is under Stewards’ Inquiry for not pulling up the horse sooner.
The following race at 5pm – the Rosconn Group Maghull Novices’ Chase – has been delayed while the two horses were treated.
In a statement read out on ITV after the Grand National, presenter Ed Chamberlin said: ‘Jockey’s all absolutely okay.
‘Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen are being assessed on course by expert veterinary teams. Further updates will follow in due course.’
Providing a further update before the end of ITV’s broadcast, Chamberlin added: ‘Both horses are being treated at the minute. I don’t think we’ll be able to update more than that before we go off air.’
However, Tom Bellamy, the jockey of Broadway Boy, has been taken to hospital.
Meanwhile, Celebre D’Allen was able to walk into the horse ambulance after receiving treatment.
Racing TV presenter Nick Luck issued a separate update: ‘At the moment there are two horses being assessed by the veterinary team – one is Broadway boy who took that very heavy fall at Valentine’s Brook on the second circuit under Tom Bellamy.
‘The other horse is Celebre D’Allen. Celebre D’Allen has had a lot of experience around these fences at shorter distances. He’s a horse who made a big move into the heat of the race and then clambered over the second-to-last fence and was pulled up before the final fence. He’s also receiving veterinary attention.
‘We’re hearing he [Celebre D’Allen] has just walked into the horse ambulance. We also are led to believe by the team here at Aintree that the stewards are an inquiry into the riding 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.’
Racing TV analyst Martin Dixon added: ‘I think it’s absolutely right they have that inquiry, isn’t it. They’ve got to look into that.
‘There’s no question that at the point he pulled up he was a tired horse, wasn’t he.
‘Fingers crossed he is okay, he’s obviously walked into the horse ambulance, so that’s a semi-positive sign.’
More to follow…
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