Bad end to good day

I should have got to bed early after a long week but I decided to catch up on the racing reports online as there has been so much racing today and, to my dismay, I discovered that Takeover Target cracked his near hind cannonbone during the July Cup and is being operated on tonight at the Newmarket Equine Hospital. It's quite a shock as he appeared to be walking sound after the race and did not seem at all distressed as he was cooling down.

We should be celebrating as Ethics Girl won her first race tonight at Chepstow in what was a really pleasing performance but it's hard to feel good about this when a champion's life hangs in the balance. He is at least in a world-renowned hospital. Let's pray they can save him - he's more than earned his place alongside Fields Of Omagh, Better Loosen Up, Might And Power and Silent Witness at the Living Legends farm in Melbourne.