Freak Accident

Trainer Jerome Reynier has been dealt a hammer blow with the news that recent G2 Cape Verdi runner-up Quid Pro Quo (Lance) would face a period on the sidelines following a "freak accident" on the training grounds at Meydan.  The Team Valor-owned filly had been gearing up towards a tilt at the G2 Balanchine Stakes at Meydan. However, her Dubai campaign has now been cast in serious doubt after connections believe she has sustained a stress fracture to her pelvis during a routine canter.  Team Valor's Barry Irwin said, "I...

Tally-Ho Stud's Roger O'Callaghan has paid tribute to the record-breaking Harry Angel colt who sold for £500,000 at the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale on Tuesday but died less than two days later in a transport accident. The Harry Angel colt was sold to trainer Michael O'Callaghan, who held off the persistent challenge of Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian as underbidder. Roger O'Callaghan told TDN Europe on Saturday morning, "It's a crying shame but accidents happen. We'll never know how good he really was." The horse was pinhooked by Tally-Ho Stud for...