Vautour has died

Vautour has died after a freak accident at Willie Mullins' yard. "He broke a foreleg and has had to be put down," reported the trainer

Very sad news, Just hope he never suffered been through this in past,I feel for stable lad or lass or who looked after him!

Moscow flyer now Vautour. Two of my all time favourites. At least Moscow had a good innings.

shame,we'll never get to know
if he was a true GC horse or not.
Sad for his lad /lass.

sad news.

Terrible news.

F*ck Mullins for playing games with him re the Gold Cup.

Sad news.

Backed him ante-post for the GC, so it was probably all down to me.

RIP

Very bad news for the stable , haven't they lost a good young horse today as well ?

Yep, Avant Tout.

awful news   

we'll never know just how good he was but he looked a machine.

very very sad news

always sad for the lad who is closest to the horse.

Mullins not having much luck at the moment, and the horses taken away from
him are winning every 2nd day.

3/3 at the Cheltenham Festival, amassing 27 lengths in winning distance.

'14 - Supreme (6L)
'15 - JLT (15L)
'16 - Ryanair (6L)

Oh dear that is terrible news.  A triple festival winner already He was destined to be on of the greats.  He might well have won the Gold Cup in time.  RIP.

sad news, three times festival winner, pretty sure he would have had more to come, mullins going through the wringer at the moment

Sickening. Loved Vautour.

Very sad news.

Lumped on him in last years Ryan Air at 11/10.

Sad news. A lovely talented horse.

Very sad

A shame for connections, racing fans and the sport as a whole.

Sad news for connections and NH racing.
Poetry in motion watching Vautour stride around Cheltenham.

that's desperate news, condolences to connections, brilliant a the Festival three years in succession.

Dreadful news.

A great horse with still many wins in front of him..dreadful news..just shows grasp the nettle while you can

Just seen the news, terrible. Will never forget being at Cheltenham and his attitude, exuberance, and jumping, epitomised why we watch racing.Absolutely brilliant racehorse. Sympathy to all connections, rip.

Hard to believe the setbacks that the Mullins yard has had in the last 6 weeks or so. one year you are winning every significant race in the calendar and the next you are struggling to find anything to run. Not a single Mullins runner at Down Royal yesterday.
Vautour is a very sad loss.

Desperate news. Really sad.

Broke his leg in his paddock, what a star he was, this bloody game.
Thanks for the memories.

He looked like he would have won the Gold Cup to me when he won the Ryanair effortlessly.

Certainly would on good ground.

I was already looking forward to seeing him at Cheltenham for the 4th festival in a row, such a shame we dont get to see what he could had achieved.

F*cking hell. Just got in and heard this. Gutted. My favourite horse in training.

Such a shame.

wow, that is shocking news! RIP Vautour. It does really show that you should seize the day as much as possible.

Makes the achievements of horses such as Kauto Star & Frankel even more remarkable.

The racing world is a poorer place tonight. Desperately sad news one of the stars of the National Hunt season and will be sorely missed by many. Condolences to everyone involved with the horse. Run Free Vautour RIP.

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The racing world is a poorer place tonight. Desperately sad news one of the stars of the National Hunt season and will be sorely missed by many. Condolences to everyone involved with the horse. Run Free Vautour RIP.

My sentiments too

awful news-terrible for connections

Very sad news . I thought that he was a lovely horse , with a fair bit left to achieve . RIP .

The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old won the Supreme Novices' Hurdle in 2014 and the JLT Novices' Chase 12 months later before running out a dominant winner of the Ryanair Chase on his return to Prestbury Park last March.

Mullins said: "It's been a lovely, dry day here and Vautour was out in the paddock with his usual companion Shaneshill.

"One of the girls went out to feed him. There didn't appear to be anything untoward as Shaneshill was grazing away, but Vautour was found to have broken his foreleg.

"He goes out there every day and it's just a freak accident.

"It's tough to take."

Vautour won 10 of his 16 starts overall, including five Grade Ones, and was last seen finishing second at the **** Champion Chase at Punchestown in April.

Sad news Indeed

Gutted. Gutted for everyone and gutted for the horse, ludicrously not even given the chance to win a championship race at chelt. If RR was upset after the Ryanair this must be hollowing. Makes that decision to switch last year all the more saddening.

A wonderful horse indeed.Such a dreadful shame

Dreadfully upsetting news.

RIParadise Vautour.

16 races,x amount of miles galloped on track and gallops,...dies in his paddock,...the fragility of life.

Thanks for some great memories.

R.I.P.

Absolutely gutted terrible news his performances in 2014 and 2015 were breathtaking.

So sad to hear this news. My favourite horse over the jumps. Sad as well that this class act and fine champion will never get to prove his doubters wrong that he was a genuine Gold Cup horse on suitable ground. Hope Willie starts getting some better luck as well he's had a tough couple of months.

Would have ended up as one of the greatest 2 1/2m chasers of all time such was the scope he had. I have no doubt.

His performance in this year's Ryanair was awesome to witness at close quarters.

Desperate stuff, his JLT romp will be replayed a good few times over the coming years in this household. RIP son.