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[email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU STAKES RESULTS | NH STAKES RESULTS | INDUSTRY NEWS | STAKES REVIEW TODAY’S HEADLINES NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW TRAGEDY STRIKES AFTER CLOUDS CRACKS THISTLE The Gr.2 Cotswold Chase was billed to be another opportunity for picture courtesy of RACINGFOTOS.COM Thistlecrack (Kayf Tara) to showcase his talents and take more scalps of the chasing world, but it ended in tragedy. Last year’s winner Smad Place (Smadoun) made the running tracked by Many Clouds (Cloudings), jumping with his usual exuberance, and Thistlecrack, who made several jumpings errors. Many Clouds surged into the lead four fences out and, though Thistlecrack did his very best to overtake him in the battle to the line and briefly got his head in front, Many Clouds fought back, proving the World Champion Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) coasts home stronger in the closing stage to score by a head. Disaster struck in the inaugural Gr.1 Pegasus World Cup last night however, as, after crossing the line, Many Clouds collapsed. Initially, it was thought that he just required cooling off and today doing what he does best. He wanted to win that race, he was oxygen, as he had when he won the Gr.3 Grand National in 2015, beaten and then fought back in the last 50 yards to win. It’s sad for but it was subsequently revealed that he had failed to respond to Trevor and my team at Rhonehurst; I’ve been in the game 32 years treatment and died.