Scales Of Justice suffers suspected heart attack at Warrnambool beach
Trainer Lindsey Smith admits he probably would not be training in Melbourne if it wasn’t for Scales Of Justice, who died while on an exercise run on Warrnambool beach.
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Vets at the University of Melbourne will conduct a post-mortem investigation on Scales Of Justice after the Group 1 winner collapsed and died while working on Warrnambool beach.
Warrnambool Racing Club said: “The horse was cantering in accordance with the approved guidelines of beach exercise when the incident occurred.
“The horse’s rider sustained no injuries.
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“All at Lindsey Smith Racing are distraught at the horse’s passing and the WRC will be supporting the stable through this tough time, including monitoring the wellbeing of the horse’s rider.”
Scales Of Justice won 12 of his 30 starts, including the 2016 Railway Stakes, and more than $2.3 million in stakes.
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Scales Of Justice also won the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) in August last year. The gelding’s last win was in the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) at The Valley in January.
“He was having a canter down the beach and his rider just felt him go from underneath,” Smith told RSN radio. “He was a beautiful horse from the start. You could see the intelligence in his eye. I wouldn’t be in Melbourne without him. I owe him a lot.”
STRANGLES SCARE
Racing Victoria is confident there has been no race-day transmission of strangles after a runner at The Valley on Sunday tested positive to the infectious disease.
Danielle Loos-trained Naval Envoy produced a low-level reading to strangles, causing the lock down of stables at Geelong.
RV stewards said: “Following an inspection by RV stewards in conjunction with the RV veterinary department, the barn in which Ms Loos’ horses are stabled has been declared an “infected place.
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“Ms Loos’ shares the barn with licensed trainer Sonny Coombes, while licensed trainer Chris Calthorpe has also had horses within the stables meaning that the quarantine restriction extends to horses in the care of all three trainers.
“The quarantine period will be for a minimum of 14 days and until RV veterinarians have approved them for release.”
Stewards have scratched Coombes and Calthorpe’s runners from Friday’s Geelong meeting, which will go ahead as planned.
Geelong Racing Club has started a deep cleaning process of the stables, including sand rolls.