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'Admire Rakti' Mystery Deepens: Steward Called Chief Vet the Night Before the Melbourne Cup Amid Rumours the Favourite 'Couldn't Win' - as Pictures Show the Moment Araldo Broke his Leg

• Pre-race favourite Admire Rakti collapsed and died in the stalls after finishing last in the race
• Racing Victoria Equine Welfare Services, Dr Brian Stewart, says the horse died of acute heart failure
• Seven-year-old Japanese race was reluctant to enter the gate prior to the race, kicking out with its hind legs
• Dr Stewart vetted the horse after a request at 10pm on Monday and declared it OK to race on Tuesday morning
• Meanwhile, Araldo broke his leg after being spooked by an Aussie flag on way back to mounting yard after the race
• There was hope that the injury could be operated on but the horse was put down after all options were exhausted
• Protectionist ($7.50) won the Melbourne Cup by three lengths

Daily Mail UK, 5 November 2014


Racing Victoria chairman of stewards Terry Bailey called chief vet Dr Brian Stewart at 10pm on Monday night to ask for Melbourne Cup favourite Admire Rakti to be vetted amid rumours the horse 'couldn't win'.
Admire Rakti was ruled to have suffered 'acute heart failure' when it collapsed and died in the stalls short after crossing the finish line in last place on Tuesday.
Mr Bailey said he called Dr Stewart on Monday night due to 'a little bit of chief steward paranoia'.

'After the call of the card there was a little bit of ease in the market and some good judges were suggesting it couldn't win,' he said on Wednesday.
'I just felt it was our role and duty bound to make sure the public of Australia were protected - after all it is the favourite in the Cup - and just to doubly, triply make sure the horse was OK.'

Dr Stewart vetted the horse on Tuesday morning and found that it was 'perfectly healthy' and OK to race, a Racing Victoria spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.

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Seven-year-old stallion Araldo (left) ridden by Dwayne Dunn is pictured tangled in the fence after being spooked by an Australian flag







The horse, which ran seventh, is clearly distressed at the site of a large flag being waved by a member of the crowd - and shattered its leg after freaking out and kicking a fence on the way back to the mounting yard





The horse was later put down due to the injury suffered, during Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Tuesday


Dr Stewart said that in some circumstances a debrillator may be used but there was not one on site at Flemington.
'We don't have equine defibrillators because the condition is so rare and the horse is such a large animal,' he said.
'That would have been the treatment of choice if it had been done very quickly, but defibrillators, we will review. Whether it is practical, I don't know.'

This comes as pictures have emerged showing the tragic moment seven-year-old stallion Araldo was spooked by a person in the crowd waving a large flag and broke its leg - causing it be put down and become the second Melbourne Cup horse to die on one of the darkest days in the sport's Australian history.
The horse, which ran seventh, is clearly distressed at the site of a large flag being waved by a member of the public - and shattered its leg after freaking out and kicking a fence on the way back to the mounting yard

Anthony Feroce, the racing manager of Araldo's stables, said Melbourne Cup organisers should review crowd control measures after the freak incident, saying: 'It's not like car racing'.

The deaths in Melbourne overshadowed victory for the German-trained Protectionist, who romped away with the biggest winning margin in nearly two decades, and also reignited a bitter debate about the ethical treatment of racing horses.
It has emerged that Admire Rakti's jockey Zac Purton reportedly warned the horse's owner Riichi Kondo he was concerned the Japanese stayer would struggle
'The track is hard, very hard for him,' Mr Purton told Mr Kondo.





Admire Rakti, the pre-race favourite, finished last in the Melbourne Cup and almost walked across the line











The heartbreaking moment that Melbourne Cup pre-race favourite Admire Rakti collapses and dies in the stall after the race


Dr Stewart said an autopsy was conducted for Admire Rakti on Tuesday night at the University of Melbourne and initial results point to acute heart failure and an irregular heart rhythm.
A full post mortem with microscopic and toxicology studies will take 10 days or more, he said.

'It's seen in racehorses and human athletes as well - in the large mass of the muscle of the heart, the electrical current has to get through in a coordinated way, and at high heart rates sometimes that can become short circuited,' Dr Stewart said.
'It happens more or less spontaneously with no warning.'

He initially said the horse suffered from 'sudden death syndrome', which occurs in just 0.007 per cent of racehorses.





Racing Victoria head of veterinary services and equine welfare Dr Brian Stewart (left) and chairman of stewards Terry Bailey arrive at a press conferenceon Wednesday. Mr Bailey called Dr Stewart at 10pm the night before the Melbourne Cup to ask him to vet Admire Rakti



Dr Stewart said the condition was 'very, very rare' and said he had only seen about half a dozen cases in his 30-year career.

'It's not a matter of horses being worked too hard or that we ask too much of athletes – they are elite athletes – in this particular circumstance there's absolutely nothing that could have been done to identify that the horse was at risk or to have prevented it,' he said.
'It happens in humans… Do we stop people running in marathons, do we stop people playing golf because someone might have a heart attack on the golf course?
'I don't think that this very rare one-off incident is enough to say racing is ethically unacceptable in any way.'

The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses has called on the racing industry to ban whips following the death of Melbourne Cup pre-race favourite Admire Rakti which collapsed after the event on Tuesday.
But Dr Stewart said excessive whipping wasn't a factor in Admire Rakti's death.
He said the organisation reviewed footage of the race and the jockey stopped using the whip when the horse didn't respond.

'The jockey immediately put the whip away and relaxed on the horse to ease distress,' he told ABC Radio.
'There's no question in this case that the whip played any role whatsoever.'

Seven-year-old Admire Ratki’s demise was also a personal tragedy for Zac Purton, who had ridden him to victory at the Caulfield Cup only last month.
The jockey deliberately slowed down when he realised the horse was distressed in the latter stages of the race and they eventually finished last.

‘The whole way through the run I thought I’d win,’ he said. ‘I didn't think they'd beat me from where I was,’

With 800 metres to go the horse was not responding and Purton began to have suspicions all was not well.
Purton eased him down and virtually walked him over the line, 25 lengths behind the second-last horse, 200-1 outsider Mr O'Ceirin.

‘I didn't know it was as bad as it was. I'm just shattered,’ he added. ‘He gave me such a great thrill there at Caulfield’

Admire Ratki’s Japanese owner Riichi Kondo was also distraught. He was seen outside the stables after the horse’s death where the body had been screened off by a green tent.
Staff put up tape and asked the public to move away from the area, saying ‘there is nothing to see here’.

The reason for Araldo’s demise was immediately clear. Speaking shortly afterwards, his trainer Mike Moroney said that the stallion had become distressed by a big flag and run off.

'They run the Melbourne Cup for 154 years and nothing like that has happened,' he said





Devastated Riichi Kondo, Japanese owner of race horse Admire Rakti, walks through the stables after the favourite died




He had appeared emotional as he waited outside the stables, which were screened off with a green tent




Owners and connections of Admire Rakti outside his stall after he collapsed and died after running last in the race





Anthony Feroce, racing manager at Mike Moroney's Ballymore stables, said the horse's death was a 'freakish accident', but he anticipated the Victoria Racing Club would review how close punters are allowed to get to Cup horses following the race.

'I think the Victoria Racing Club does a magnificent job, but possibly they could look at flags that close to where the horses go,' Mr Feroce said.
'Someone had a big flag and was waving it and right at the time when our horse went passed it and they're animals, they get spooked quite easily.'
Mr Feroce added that it was 'not fair' that racing was being portrayed as a cruel industry following the deaths of the two horses.
'All care is taken for their wellbeing and their welfare and I assure you, you've just got to talk to everybody involved and see how much love they have for the animals,' he said.
'Now and then we do have unfortunate accidents that happen but that's no different to any other sport.'

The deaths of the two horses prompted an outpouring of comment online and reaction from animal charities who insist that racing is a cruel sport.
An RSPCA spokesman said Admire Rakti's death was a stark reminder of the risks to racehorses.

‘Sadly, injury and death are the price some horses pay for our entertainment in a sport that puts intense pressure on animals to perform to the limits of their endurance,’ he added.
Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses spokesman Ward Young said about 125 horses have died during or shortly after Australian races in the past year. ‘These events are more common than we would like to believe,’ he told AAP.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop spoke to Daily Mail Australia after the race and described the incident as 'very sad news'.

'But racing is a dangerous sport and the jockeys and trainers take all the care that they can and I know that they set very high standards her and terrible accidents do happen,' Ms Bishop said.

Donna Wallis, from Knorrit Flat, NSW went to see Admire Rakti before he raced at his pen in The Stables.





Admire Rakti (top with jockey Zac Purton) died of sudden death syndrome and Araldo with Jockey Dwayne Dunn was put down after breaking a leg following the big race at the Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse on Tuesday




No sign of trouble: Zac Purton (in blue) rides Admire Rakti on the way to the start of the Cup with no indication of the tragedy that was about to unfold


She said: 'He seemed fine - a bit excitable. It's a real shame - very sad. He was fine in the race. It seemed to be when they got him back to the stables.'
Kathline Gontin, from Kensington, Melbourne, also went to see Admire Rakti before he raced.

She said: 'He was a beautiful horse - I put a bet on him. I saw him walking (in the stables circle) after he had finished.
'He seemed ok. Just a bit excited. I saw them putting a stick in his mouth - I don't know why.'
'Then after I left I heard he had died. It is so sudden - and very sad.

Admire Rakti, which won the Caulfield Cup in brilliant style last month, raced near the lead for most of the 3,200-metre journey.
Before the Cup, some experts predicted that Admire Rakti would struggle to run the 2 mile distance due to his heavy weight.
The analysts forecast that the stallion, at 58.5kg, would find carrying his weight at a fast pace over the long distance problematic.
No Cup runner weighing 58.5kg or more has won the race since 1975.

Winner Protectionist was the first German horse to gallop to victory at Melbourne, heading Red Cadeaux and Who Shot Thebarman down the stretch of the 3,200-metre course.
The five-year-old stallion’s owners will pocket $3.6million of the Melbourne Cup's generous $6.2million pool.

'He's very easy, very good horse,' Jockey Ryan Moore told Channel Seven. 'I'm very pleased.'
'His record his very good and I'm very pleased with him.'
'(It was a) strong pace. He was able to sort of follow Mutual Regard. And, you know, he has thrown him in.








Ryan Moore who rode Protectionist to win the Emirates Melbourne Cup raises the trophy on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse




Protectionist led the field home in stunning fashion - heading Red Cadeaux and Who Shot Thebarman by three lengths




Protectionist's owners will pocket $3.6million of the Melbourne Cup's generous $6.2million pool


'Obviously, it's very special. You have to share it with the kids. Because being away a lot. I need to win these races to make it worthwhile.'

Two chances were scratched prior to the race - Cavalryman and Sea Moon - reducing the final field to 22 horses.
Punters heavily backed Irish horse Mutual Regard in the final hours before the race - while late public support also came for Who Shot Thebarman.

Trainer Andreas Wohler said the win was 'a moment you won't forget in your life'.
'We've had great success all over the world but this is the biggest of all,' he said.
'He was so patient and he came around the last bend. He just needed to have the right gap and he found it. He is a superstar. It's unbelievable.
'It's a moment you won't forget in your life. It's a big achievement for our team. Thanks for the honour'.

Off the track, models Megan Gale and Montana Cox won in the Melbourne Cup style stakes, while Geoffrey Edelsten's new fiancee, Gabi Grecko, has taken a fashion nosedive - and not just in search of her engagement ring.
Celebrities left the strict monochrome rule of Derby Day behind on Tuesday, showboating every shade imaginable in Flemington's Birdcage.
The sun was out and so was Gale's decolletage in a sexy red Victoria Beckham dress with ultra-plunging neckline. The new mum was the essence of class as she accessorised with Canturi jewels.

And while tradition dictates that sky-high fascinators will always feature trackside, floral crowns proved to be the most popular headgear.
Montana Cox, who had gone for a masculine look on Derby Day with a classic Farage suit, opted for a more feminine approach in a flowing Zimmerman dress, her own floral crown resting on top of a pixie hairdo.
Aussie model Alexandra Agoston looked the part in a long-sleeved mustard Gucci dress with jewelled embellishments, along with a broad-brimmed vintage hat.
Red-based colours were a distinct sartorial theme.

Lauren Phillips wore a coral cap-sleeved Arthur Galan dress with a black zipper belt, while Laura Dundovic donned a figure-hugging, tomato-red By Johnny frock and gold Natalie Bikicki headpiece.
Teenage model Gigi Hadid turned heads in a candy-pink Alex Perry number, headpiece from Hatmaker's Jonathan Howard and Louis Vuitton shoes. Model and presenter Rebecca Judd swanned in wearing a dazzling corseted Dolce & Gabbana dress with gold floral fascinator and gold strappy heels.





Spectators watch the horses parading in the mounting yard at Flemington Racecourse




Ryan Moore rides Protectionist to win race 7, the Melbourne Cup on Melbourne Cup Day




Spectacle: The Melbourne Cup is the premier event in Australian racing and brings the country to a standstill every year


TV Bachelor Blake Garvey's latest missus, Louise Pillidge, scrubbed up well in a tight, optical illusion Harris Scarfe print dress, which she teamed with a large black fascinator, black clutch and her trademark red lipstick.
But just as there has to be a winner on the track, so must there be a loser off it.

Grecko won hands down thanks to her self-designed, hand-beaded, sequinned clown corset, orange wig and bird-type antler head dress she said was inspired by Alexander McQueen.
The 25-year-old's whopping new engagement ring was an unexpected accessory, which she wore over her red fingerless gloves and nearly lost at one point in the Emirates marquee.

Geoffrey Edelsten, who proposed to his girlfriend in front of perplexed racegoers and media, wore a canary yellow suit with a dash of red glitter on his lips.





Silver fern! One racegoer stole the show in an extravagant three-piece suit... topped off with a mesh top-hat carrying a wheel of silver feathers and a finely manicured moustache




Sumo wrestlers: Some punters counteract the heat in their suits with a few cool cans







Fancy a go yourselves? Some punters channelled their inner-jockey by dressing in racing colours




A man dressed in a bright purple and yellow balloon hat attracts plenty of attention




Cheers! Anna Tanko being held up by a group of men in sunflower suits




Leanne Symes with Cassandra Ambrose and Pegi Lea wearing florial head pieces on Melbourne Cup day




Mitch Walden, Paul Joice, Terrence Ravlie and Jack Hamma dressed as Ninja Turtles







From sailors to swans - the race for best fascinator is wide open





Superheroes from the day: Punters dress up as Catwoman, Batman and Robin, Wonderwoman and Zorro




Racing punters take a selfie' at Flemington race track before the running of the Melbourne Cup




The first of an expected 100,000 punters have started arriving for Australia's richest horse race







Queens of the fashion jungle: One model opted for a tiger-themed outfit (left) while another was dressed in a delicate white and lime outfit




Bookmakers predict more than $800 million will be spent on betting on the Cup




Bright colours are certainly in season - with one race-goer sporting a hot pink hairdo




From wide-bream cream hats to eccentric top hats... Flemington was awash with eye-catching fashion




Travis Bridge, Adam Assaf, Jacob Smith and Justin McPhan at Flemington Racecourse




The Gogo girls get into the spirit. Japanese stayer Admire Rakti remains the favourite in a Melbourne Cup







In the mood for it? While one grumpy-looking Scotsman stands (left) with his arms folded - an aspiring entrant for fashions in the field dazzles with a hypnotic red headpiece



Racing punters enter the gates of Flemington race track





Melbourne Cup Celebrations Overshadowed by Deaths of Horses





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