Another horse, Bangers And Cash, sadly also passed away after suffering ... The statement added that “the overall fatal injury rate in Jump racing is 0.42% of runners.” The chief vet at the racecourse, Liam Kearns, said that Abuffalosoldier “jumped ...

The horse racing industry has been rocked by a day of a devastation, after two horses died in the same race and another death followed about 45 minutes later. There were particularly distressing scenes when Abuffalosoldier collapsed just moments after winning the Holland Cooper Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Racecourse in the UK on Monday (AEDT).

In horrific scenes that have rocked racing, the death of race winner Abuffalosoldier was broadcast on live TV as jockey Sean Bowen was thrown off the seven-year-old Irish horse when it suddenly collapsed.