Broadway Boy suffered a painful fall during the Grand National in Aintree on Saturday, causing concerns among fans.
Horse 66/1 had led during most of the race, but took a disturbing fall at the 25th Furlong during the Saturday race and Saturday cameras and cameras immediately cut off from the painful scene.
He had jumped well before and was ahead of the field, but while Broadway Boy gave off, the horse seemed to fall on his legs before his head seems to crash in the ground.
Tom Bellamy, who was the jockey of Broadway Boy, was not killed but seemed to land on his lap and the fans were turned upside down by what they had seen.
“SOUPLIT me the heart of this fall by Broadway Boy,” published an emotional spectator on X, formerly Twitter.
Another added: “How can people look and appreciate horse racing, this fall of” Broadway Boy “was really disgusting.
Broadway Boy suffered a painful fall during the Grand National in Aintree on Saturday
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Horse 66-1 (photo on the right) directed the emblematic race before the 25th Furlong
But Broadway Boy took a painful fall causing a major concern among the viewers of the breed
The horse (right) seemed to land on his head while his jockey Tom Bellamy was not killed
An additional spectator posted: “It made me feel sick in my stomach after seeing Broadway Boy descend like this poor horse.”
Another fan sounded with: “No one gives like *** who won, we want to know how this beautiful horse is after his horrible ITV fall !!! FFS ‘
The state of Broadway Boy continued to be a major subject of discussion while others stood up on the incident on social networks.
One of them said: “ people crying on their “luck” cus, they did not win a
Another added: “Sod the Winner … Poor Broadwayboy # Grandnational2025”.
A very worried spectator sounded with: “All I want is to know if Broadway Boy is fine.”
ITV did not initially comment on the state of Broadway Boy and was strongly criticized by viewers, before providing an update around 4:40 p.m.
ITV Racing’s presenter, Ed Chamberlin, revealed that Broadway Boy and Celebre d’Allen were both evaluated on the course by expert veterinary teams – and were committed to giving more updates when they follow.
Viewers quickly went to social media to express their concern for Broadway Boy’s well-being
The National started so positively for Broadway Boy, which belongs to Nigel Twiston -Davies – and he was quickly ahead of the rest of the field.
ITV was criticized for not having mentioned the fall for the rest or the day after the race. Much of the cover was centered on the winning horse, Nick Rockett, and the sideline duo triumphant by the owner Willie Mullins and the Jockey Patrick Mullin.
Meanwhile, Animal Charity Animal Aid published a statement expressing their concern for Broadway Boy.
“ Animal aid is disgusted and dismayed that Broadway Boy underwent a horrible fall in the great national race, and that the race industry – rather than giving the public an update on its well -being – had the cheek of spurting an empty rhetoric on the “ well -being ” of racing horses.
“The lack of information provided on the well-being of these horses is despicable and demonstrates the lack of industry care towards these horses. It is a “washing of well-being”, to its most insidious.
It was later revealed that Allen Celebre was seen entering the horses’ ambulance in a positive update, but at the time of writing, the Broadway Boy condition was still unknown.
More to follow.