Trainer David Pipe ‘beyond heartbroken’ as horse Adagio suffers fatal heart attack two days before big race
TRAINER David Pipe is ‘beyond heartbroken’ after his top horse Adagio died from a fatal heart attack just two days before his big race.
The five-year-old was one of the favourites to win the mega-money Cesarewitch at Newmarket on Saturday.
Adagio was one of the favourites to win the Cesarewitch on Saturday at Newmarket[/caption]But the Grade One-winning hurdler died on the gallops on Thursday morning.
Pipe said on Twitter: “It is with enormous sadness I have to report that Adagio has suffered a fatal heart attack on the gallops this morning.
“His owners and everyone at Pond House are beyond heartbroken.”
More to follow.