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'Terrible' blow to star horse ahead of $15M Everest - CtrlF.XYZ

'Terrible' blow to star horse ahead of $15M Everest

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The Everest has been dealt a large stroke connected the greeting of the contention with second-favourite Lost and Running a precocious scratch owed to an injury.

The 1200m contention is named Australia's richest contention with an eye-watering full prize excavation of $15 million, but trainer John O'Shea's prima horse, who finished 4th successful past year's race, volition not instrumentality to the way connected Saturday.

Lost and Running's omission was confirmed by Racing New South Wales connected Saturday morning.

"A vet inspection of Lost And Running this greeting has recovered Lost And Running to beryllium lame successful the disconnected hind limb and unsuitable to commencement successful The Everest," the connection read.

"Lost And Running has been scratched from The Everest. TAB has selected Kementari arsenic the replacement which volition commencement from obstruction 7."

Racing NSW's Chief Vet, Dr Peter Curl, led the introspection of the gelding connected Saturday greeting aft O'Shea had reported a tegument irritation connected the aforesaid limb to stewards connected Friday night.

Lost and Running was the second-favourite down reigning Everest winner, the Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip, and Waller expressed his sympathy aft the scratch.

"It's heartbreaking for those connections, the trainer, the strapper, the jockey, and I consciousness for them," Waller told Nine's TODAY.

"I felt that unit yesterday and that's wherefore I accidental getting to contiguous with a blessed equine is the key.

"It's unspeakable and there's a replacement equine that comes in, which is large for their connections, but it's heartbreaking for the connections of Lost and Running."

Today's a spot of a alleviation to conscionable get to the day. Like immoderate athlete, whether it beryllium an equine oregon a human, getting to the existent lawsuit is the toughest happening for the coach. He's strutting retired soundly and everything is successful bid for this afternoon.

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