SA Horse Of The Year Dave The King was not persisted with over the last 300m in Saturday’s Allied Steelrode Onamission Gr2 Charity Mile at Turffontein, and jockey Richard Fourie reported that he felt something amiss.
Dave The King – that wasn’t his run on Saturday (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
The course veterinarian found after the race that Dave The King was not striding out on his left hind leg, which explains what Richard may have felt.
Mike de Kock commented: “Dave The King is an extremely sound horse so this was very uncharacteristic. He was just slightly off behind, not serious and it was hard to make a judgement post-race. He was given anti-inflammatories on Sunday), and will be fully checked out by a veterinarian today. We will report back.”
