Hill Sixteen, an 80-1 outsider trained by Sandy Thomson, suffered a fatal injury during the Randox Grand National on a mixed day for Scotland at Aintree.
The 10-year-old, whose part owner Jimmy Fyffe is a director of Dundee United football club, was attended to by vets but could not be saved after coming down with jockey Ryan Mania at the first fence.
Fyffe confirmed the loss of Hill Sixteen when in the winners’ enclosure an hour later when Florida Dreams captured the Grade 2 bumper race for trainer Nicky Richards.
