G-Mac
05-31-2012, 11:28 AM
Ernie Manning, The West Australian May 30, 2012, 7:04 am
Exciting three-year-old pacer Gracias Para Nada, who early this season scored six straight wins at Gloucester Park and looked a future star for trainer Gary Hall Sr, has been put down after shattering a leg.
Hall said the Mach Three gelding fell at a veterinary clinic when recovering from surgery on Monday to remove hock joint bone chips.
"We're devastated," Hall said. "Gracias Para Nada was emerging from anaesthetic and trying to stand when he suffered catastrophic injuries in an awkward tumble.
"He was a stable favourite and could have been a superstar next season."
Gracias Para Nada was spelled after he broke gait and ran unplaced in last month's WA Derby.
In a double blow to Hall, his last-start winner Smart VC has strained a suspensory ligament. The four-year-old, who has won at eight of 13 starts, had surgery yesterday and will need a long spell.
The trainer's dual Inter Dominion Champion Im Themightyquinn is working well after a let-up and will race at Gloucester Park before a New Zealand campaign.
Exciting three-year-old pacer Gracias Para Nada, who early this season scored six straight wins at Gloucester Park and looked a future star for trainer Gary Hall Sr, has been put down after shattering a leg.
Hall said the Mach Three gelding fell at a veterinary clinic when recovering from surgery on Monday to remove hock joint bone chips.
"We're devastated," Hall said. "Gracias Para Nada was emerging from anaesthetic and trying to stand when he suffered catastrophic injuries in an awkward tumble.
"He was a stable favourite and could have been a superstar next season."
Gracias Para Nada was spelled after he broke gait and ran unplaced in last month's WA Derby.
In a double blow to Hall, his last-start winner Smart VC has strained a suspensory ligament. The four-year-old, who has won at eight of 13 starts, had surgery yesterday and will need a long spell.
The trainer's dual Inter Dominion Champion Im Themightyquinn is working well after a let-up and will race at Gloucester Park before a New Zealand campaign.