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Trainer Sara Bradstock has issued a optimistic replace on Mr Vango, who was taken to a veterinary hospital after falling on the sixth fence within the Grand National on Saturday.
Last yr’s Midlands Grand National winner was slowly away beneath Jack Tudor however had recovered to sit midfield when he made a mistake and got here down at Becher’s on the primary circuit.
He was assessed and returned to the racecourse stables earlier than being despatched to Leahurst Equine Hospital in Liverpool for additional exams, and Bradstock is hoping to take him house to her Oxfordshire yard quickly.
“Thank God he’s going to be okay,” she stated on Sunday morning. “We had a very stressful time because he got very ataxic [lack of voluntary muscle coordination]. We brought him to Leahurst and they did some x-rays and found a small avulsion fracture, which is when the muscle pulls the chip off the wing of a vertebra, but it’s not anywhere near the spinal cord and he should be fine.
“He’s having a CT scan as we converse to test there’s nothing extra sinister, however he is doing very effectively. He’s fairly comfortable and he is shifting usually. If the CT does not discover something, we’ll in all probability deliver him house tomorrow.”
Mr Vango: popular staying chaser is hoped to return home this eveningCredit: Grossick Photography (racingpost.com/photos)
The ten-year-old finished runner-up to Twig in the Becher Chase over the National fences in December and it is hoped he will return to racing next season.
“He’ll be on field relaxation after which hopefully if it resolves because it ought to then he ought to be wonderful,” Bradstock said. “We’ll look after him, as we at all times do. I hope he’ll be again subsequent season.
“It was extraordinary because he missed the start but he was loving it. He’s so clever, they just came across him slightly so he put a short one in and just landed on the lip and didn’t get his landing gear out.”
Quai De Bourbon fell on the second fence and after present process evaluation returned house to Willie Mullins’ yard in a single day. Top Of The Bill, who fell on the last fence, was assessed on the course and again on the racecourse stables. His rider Toby McCain-Mitchell was suspended for ten days for failing to pull up when the horse had tailed off.
Willy Twiston-Davies, joint-trainer of Top Of The Bill and Beauport, who unseated his rider on the nineteenth, stated on Sunday morning: “Both of ours are fine. Top Of The Bill trotted up sound and he’s all good. Beauport loved it – I just wish Sam [Twiston-Davies] had stayed on him.”
Robbie Dunne was taken to hospital after his fall from Stellar Story and is about for a spell on the sidelines after his agent Ian Popham revealed he has damaged his collarbone.
Popham stated: “Robbie is okay. He’s broken his collarbone, so he’s obviously a bit sore, but luckily there’s no other damage anywhere else.
“As jockeys go, that is not too unhealthy of an harm actually. Hopefully he’ll be again in a couple of weeks.”
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