PNicholls

I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to Tom George and the owners - and in fact, everyone connected with the horse - after Tell Massini's fatal fall at Newbury last week.

We won the race with Aiteen Thirtythree but nobody likes winning in those circumstances.

Unfortunately, deaths on and off the track are a big downside of this game, and we have suffered our share of heartache already this season.

We lost Pendower earlier in the season following complications after a fall at home, and just this week Massasoit had to be put down after Bristol University discovered a tumour behind his eye.

Yes, it's a business. But let the public be in no doubt that we love the sport, and our horses.

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