A horse has been put down today (Thursday) following an injury at the Grand National meeting in Aintree. Envoye Special was injured after unseating his rider on the opening day of the major event in the racing calendar.
The race was the only one of the day on the Grand National course, the Randox Foxhunters’ Open Hunters’ Chase for amateur riders. The horse was being ridden by James King until the ninth fence, the one before the famed Becher’s Brook.
The nine-year-old continued without his rider, but was injured when falling at one of the subsequent fences, reports MirrorOnline. After being assessed by Aintree’s on-course veterinary team it was confirmed the horse was fatally injured.
